הטיימר מראה עשר דקות.

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

So:

• טיימר = a timer / timer
• הטיימר = the timer

In Hebrew, the definite article is attached directly to the word, not written as a separate word.

It is a borrowed word from English, but it is completely normal in modern Hebrew.

Hebrew often uses loanwords for everyday technology, especially in casual speech. So טיימר is a natural word to use for a device timer.

A more native-sounding term may exist in some contexts, but טיימר is what many speakers would naturally say.

Here מראה is pronounced roughly mar-eh (more precisely mar'eh), and it means shows or displays.

In this sentence, it is the present-tense verb show/display:

• הטיימר מראה = the timer shows / is showing

So the whole sentence is literally structured like:

• the timer
  • shows
    • ten minutes

Because it agrees with the subject הטיימר, which is treated as masculine singular.

In Hebrew present tense, verbs behave a bit like adjectives and must agree with the subject in gender and number.

Since טיימר is singular and masculine, the verb appears in the masculine singular form:

• הטיימר מראה

If the subject were plural, the verb form would change.

Because דקה (minute) is a feminine noun, and with this noun the correct form of ten is עשר.

So:

• עשר דקות = ten minutes

Compare that with a masculine noun:

• עשרה ימים = ten days

This is one of the number-gender patterns Hebrew learners have to get used to.

Because after numbers like 3–10, Hebrew normally uses the plural noun.

So:

• שלוש דקות = three minutes
• עשר דקות = ten minutes

That is why you see דקות and not דקה here.

Because את is usually used before a definite direct object, and עשר דקות here is not definite.

Compare:

• הטיימר מראה עשר דקות = The timer shows ten minutes
• הטיימר מראה את הזמן = The timer shows the time

In the second sentence, הזמן is definite (the time), so את appears.

Most naturally, it means that the timer’s display currently shows 10 minutes.

That often implies ten minutes are left, but the sentence is specifically about what the timer is displaying.

If you want to say more directly there are ten minutes left, Hebrew often uses expressions like:

• נשארו עשר דקות
• נותרו עשר דקות

So this sentence is especially good when talking about what appears on the device.

Yes. In everyday Hebrew, especially with times, measurements, and device displays, using digits is very common.

So these are both natural:

• הטיימר מראה עשר דקות
• הטיימר מראה 10 דקות

The version with digits may even feel more natural if you are talking about what appears on a screen.

The normal, neutral word order is:

• subject + verb + object
• הטיימר מראה עשר דקות

That is the most natural order for a simple sentence like this.

Hebrew word order can sometimes be changed for emphasis, style, or literary effect, but for a learner, this standard order is the safest and most useful one.