Breakdown of פרוטוקול מצב הדירה כולל ליקוי.
Questions & Answers about פרוטוקול מצב הדירה כולל ליקוי.
This is a construct chain in Hebrew, called סמיכות.
- מצב = condition / state of
- הדירה = the apartment
So מצב הדירה literally means the condition of the apartment.
In a construct chain, the first noun usually does not take ה־ even when the whole phrase is definite. The definiteness is carried by the second noun:
- מצב דירה = apartment condition / condition of an apartment
- מצב הדירה = the condition of the apartment
So המצב הדירה would be incorrect.
Because the grammatical subject is פרוטוקול מצב הדירה, and the head noun of that subject is פרוטוקול, which is masculine singular.
Hebrew verbs in the present tense agree with the subject in gender and number:
- כולל = masculine singular
- כוללת = feminine singular
- כוללים = masculine plural
- כוללות = feminine plural
Even though דירה is feminine, it is not the main noun of the subject. The main noun is פרוטוקול, so the sentence uses כולל.