Word
חשבון החשמל כולל תקופת חשבון של חודשיים.
Meaning
The electricity bill includes a two-month billing period.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of חשבון החשמל כולל תקופת חשבון של חודשיים.
של
of
חודש
month
לכלולlikhlol
to include
חשבון חשמלcheshbon chashmal
electricity bill
Questions & Answers about חשבון החשמל כולל תקופת חשבון של חודשיים.
Why does חשבון appear twice in this sentence?
Because it is part of two different phrases:
- חשבון החשמל = the electricity bill
- תקופת חשבון = billing period or literally bill period/account period
So the first חשבון means the actual bill, and the second one is part of a phrase describing the period the bill covers.
Why is it חשבון החשמל and not החשבון החשמל?
This is because Hebrew often uses a construct phrase (called smikhut) instead of of.
- חשבון החשמל literally means bill of the electricity
- In natural English, that becomes the electricity bill
In this kind of structure, the first noun usually does not take ה־. The definiteness comes from the second noun:
- חשבון חשמל = an electricity bill
- חשבון החשמל = the electricity bill
So חשבון החשמל is definite even though חשבון itself does not have ה־.
Why is it תקופת and not תקופה?