Word
הקמט נעלם מבלי שהבד התכווץ.
Meaning
The wrinkle disappeared without the fabric shrinking.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of הקמט נעלם מבלי שהבד התכווץ.
להיעלם
to disappear
בדbad
fabric
להתכווץ
to shrink
קמטkemet
wrinkle
Questions & Answers about הקמט נעלם מבלי שהבד התכווץ.
How do you pronounce הקמט נעלם מבלי שהבד התכווץ?
A reasonable pronunciation guide is:
ha-kemet ne'elam mibli sheha-bad hitkavets
A rough syllable breakdown:
ha-ke-met | ne-e-lam | mi-bli | she-ha-bad | hit-ka-vets
A few helpful notes:
- שהבד is made of ש־ + ה־ + בד
- In speech, that comes out as one unit: sheha-bad
- Hebrew spelling here has no vowels written, so learners usually have to know the pronunciation from context or a dictionary
Why do הקמט and הבד both start with ה־?
Because ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.
So:
- קמט = a wrinkle / wrinkle
- הקמט = the wrinkle
- בד = fabric / cloth
- הבד = the fabric
Unlike English, Hebrew attaches the directly to the noun as a prefix.
What exactly is נעלם here?