השוכר מעדיף גישור, ואילו המשכיר מעדיף בוררות.

A natural pronunciation is:

ha-so-KHER ma-a-DIF gi-SHUR, ve-i-LU ha-mas-KIR ma-a-DIF bo-RER-ut

A more careful transliteration would be:

ha-sokhér ma'adíf gishúr, ve'ilú ha-maskír ma'adíf borérut

Main stress:

• שוכר → soKHER
• מעדיף → ma-aDIF
• גישור → giSHUR
• ואילו → ve-iLU
• משכיר → masKIR
• בוררות → bo-reRUT or bo-RER-ut, depending on accent/style

They are both participle forms used as nouns.

• שוכר = someone who rents something, so tenant / renter
• משכיר = someone who rents something out, so landlord / lessor

With the prefix ה־, they become:

• השוכר = the tenant
• המשכיר = the landlord

These two words are closely related:

• לשכור = to rent, to hire
• להשכיר = to rent out, to lease out

So Hebrew makes a very clear distinction between the one who rents and the one who rents out.

ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, the equivalent of the in English.

So:

• שוכר = a tenant / renter
• השוכר = the tenant

and:

• משכיר = a landlord / lessor
• המשכיר = the landlord

In Hebrew, the word for the is attached directly to the noun instead of being written as a separate word.

Because both subjects are masculine singular.

מעדיף is the masculine singular present-tense form of להעדיף, meaning to prefer.

Since both השוכר and המשכיר are grammatically masculine singular, the same verb form is used twice:

• השוכר מעדיף...
• המשכיר מעדיף...

If the subject were feminine singular, it would be מעדיפה.

For example:

• השוכרת מעדיפה גישור = the female tenant prefers mediation

ואילו means something like:

• whereas
• while
• by contrast
• on the other hand

It introduces a contrast between the two clauses.

So the structure is:

• השוכר מעדיף גישור = the tenant prefers mediation
• ואילו המשכיר מעדיף בוררות = whereas the landlord prefers arbitration

It is a bit more explicitly contrastive than plain ו־ meaning and.

You could use ו־ if you just wanted to connect the two clauses, but ואילו specifically highlights a contrast.

Compare:

• ו־ = and
• ואילו = whereas / while, by contrast

So ואילו is a better choice when the point is that the two sides want different things.

It often sounds a little more formal or written than simple ו־.

Because את is normally used before a definite direct object.

Here, גישור and בוררות are being used as general, indefinite nouns:

• mediation
• arbitration

So you say:

• מעדיף גישור
• מעדיף בוררות

But if the object were definite, you would use את:

• השוכר מעדיף את הגישור = the tenant prefers the mediation

That sounds more like a specific mediation process already known to the speakers.

They are nouns.

• גישור = mediation
• בוררות = arbitration

These are names of legal or conflict-resolution processes, not verb forms in this sentence.

So the structure is:

• subject: השוכר
• verb: מעדיף
• noun/object: גישור

and then the same pattern again:

• subject: המשכיר
• verb: מעדיף
• noun/object: בוררות

Yes. This is a very normal and neutral structure:

subject + verb + object

So:

• השוכר מעדיף גישור
• המשכיר מעדיף בוררות

Hebrew can sometimes move words around for emphasis, but this sentence uses straightforward standard word order.

Because ואילו connects two full clauses and marks a contrast between them.

The comma helps separate:

• clause 1: השוכר מעדיף גישור
• clause 2: המשכיר מעדיף בוררות

This is standard punctuation in modern Hebrew, especially in formal or edited writing.

Yes. These forms come from participles, and Hebrew participles can function in several ways:

• as present-tense verbs
• as adjectives
• as nouns

Here they function as nouns:

• השוכר = the tenant
• המשכיר = the landlord

But in another context, similar forms can behave more verbally.

That is very common in Hebrew: one form can do more than one job, and context tells you which meaning is intended.

It would change to feminine singular forms:

השוכרת מעדיפה גישור, ואילו המשכירה מעדיפה בוררות.

Changes:

• השוכר → השוכרת
• המשכיר → המשכירה
• מעדיף → מעדיפה

So Hebrew marks gender on both the role words and the present-tense verb form.

It sounds somewhat formal and especially appropriate in a legal or contractual context.

Reasons:

• השוכר and המשכיר are very common legal/contract terms
• גישור and בוררות are legal dispute-resolution terms
• ואילו is a slightly more formal contrast word

So this is exactly the kind of sentence you might see in a lease, contract, or legal discussion.