Questions & Answers about האזור הזה שקט.
האזור means the area or the region.
It is made of:
- אזור = area / region
- ה־ = the
So:
- אזור = an area
- האזור = the area
The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, equivalent to English the.
So in this sentence:
- האזור = the area
This prefix is extremely common in Hebrew and attaches directly to the noun.
In Hebrew, demonstratives like this and that usually come after the noun, not before it.
So:
- האזור הזה = literally the area this
- natural English: this area
This is the normal Hebrew pattern:
- הספר הזה = this book
- הבית הזה = this house