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Because this is a construct chain in Hebrew, called סמיכות.
- מנעול = lock
- הצירופים = the combinations
When two nouns are put together this way, the first noun is understood as belonging to or being defined by the second noun. So:
- מנעול הצירופים literally looks like lock of the combinations
- but in natural English it means the combination lock
This is very common in Hebrew. English often uses X of Y, Y X, or a special compound noun, depending on what sounds natural.
Examples:
- בית ספר = school, literally house of book
- כרטיס אשראי = credit card, literally card of credit
So here, מנעול הצירופים is just the normal Hebrew way to say combination lock.