התיעוד לא מראה נזק, ואילו ההתראה בכתב מציינת הפרת חוזה.

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Breakdown of התיעוד לא מראה נזק, ואילו ההתראה בכתב מציינת הפרת חוזה.

• להראות: to show
• לציין: to mention
• נזק: damage; harm

Questions & Answers about התיעוד לא מראה נזק, ואילו ההתראה בכתב מציינת הפרת חוזה.

Why do both התיעוד and ההתראה start with ה־?

Because ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, equivalent to the.

• תיעוד = documentation

• התיעוד = the documentation

• התראה = warning / notice
• ההתראה = the warning / notice

In this sentence, both nouns are specific, so they are definite.

Why is it מראה and not something like מראֶה with a different ending?

מראה is the present-tense form of the verb להראות (to show). In Hebrew present tense, verbs agree with the subject in gender and number.

Here the subject is התיעוד, which is masculine singular, so the correct form is:

• masculine singular: מראה = shows / is showing

Compare:

• המסמך מראה = the document shows
• התמונה מראה = the picture shows

Even though התיעוד may sound abstract, grammatically it is masculine singular.

How do we know התיעוד is masculine?

In Hebrew, noun gender is lexical: you usually have to learn it with the word.

You can tell here because the verb is מראה, the masculine singular form. If תיעוד were feminine, you would expect a feminine present-tense verb form instead.

So the sentence itself shows you the gender through agreement:

• התיעוד לא מראה = the documentation does not show