התיעוד כולל אסמכתה.

A common pronunciation is:

ha-ti-UD ko-LEL as-mach-TA

More carefully:

• התיעוד = ha-ti'ud
• כולל = kolel
• אסמכתה = asmachta

The stress is usually on the last syllable of each word here:

• ti-UD
• ko-LEL
• as-mach-TA

The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

So:

• תיעוד = documentation
• התיעוד = the documentation

Hebrew attaches the directly to the word, instead of writing it as a separate word.

Hebrew normally has no indefinite article. That means there is no separate word for a or an.

So:

• אסמכתה can mean a reference, a supporting document, proof, or documentation/reference material, depending on context.

In this sentence, the noun is indefinite because it does not have ה־.

כולל is a masculine singular present-tense verb meaning includes or is including.

It matches התיעוד, which is treated as a masculine singular noun.

So the structure is:

• התיעוד = the subject
• כולל = the verb
• אסמכתה = the object

If the subject were feminine singular, the verb would usually change:

• הבקשה כוללת אסמכתה = The request includes a reference/supporting document

Here it is best understood as a verb: includes.

Hebrew present-tense forms can sometimes feel close to English including, but in this sentence the role is verbal:

• התיעוד כולל אסמכתה = The documentation includes a supporting document/reference

If Hebrew wanted to say something more like including X as an added phrase, the structure would often be different.

Because את is used before a definite direct object, and אסמכתה here is indefinite.

Compare:

• התיעוד כולל אסמכתה = The documentation includes a reference/supporting document.
• התיעוד כולל את האסמכתה = The documentation includes the reference/supporting document.

So the absence of את is completely normal here.

אסמכתה is one of those words whose best translation depends on context. It can mean things like:

• reference
• supporting document
• documentation
• proof
• corroboration
• sometimes authorization or official basis

In administrative or formal contexts, אסמכתה often means some kind of document or reference that supports a claim or record.

So even if the translation you were shown uses one English word, it is useful to know that the Hebrew word has a slightly broader range.

Yes, תיעוד is a common formal word meaning documentation, recording, or record-keeping, depending on context.

It is generally treated as:

• masculine
• singular

That is why the verb is כולל and not a feminine or plural form.

Yes. Hebrew is flexible, although subject + verb + object is very normal here:

• התיעוד כולל אסמכתה

You may also see other orders in different contexts for emphasis, but this sentence is straightforward and natural as written.

For a learner, the safest reading is:

1. התיעוד = subject
2. כולל = verb
3. אסמכתה = object

Then the noun becomes indefinite:

• תיעוד כולל אסמכתה

That would mean something more like:

• Documentation includes a reference/supporting document or
• A documentation record includes a reference

In many contexts, the version with התיעוד sounds more natural because it refers to a specific body of documentation: the documentation.

It sounds neutral to formal, mainly because of the vocabulary:

• תיעוד is a formal/administrative word
• אסמכתה is also fairly formal

This is the kind of sentence you might see in:

• forms
• official instructions
• legal/administrative writing
• technical or bureaucratic contexts

It is less like everyday casual speech and more like written standard Hebrew.