התעריף בחשבון החשמל גבוה יותר החודש.

In present-tense Hebrew, the verb to be is usually omitted.

So Hebrew says:

• התעריף ... גבוה יותר
• literally: the rate ... higher
• naturally: the rate is higher

This is completely normal. In past and future, Hebrew does use forms of to be, but in the present it usually leaves them out.

תעריף means rate, tariff, or pricing level.

It does not usually mean the whole bill total. So this sentence is talking about the rate/charge on the electricity bill being higher, not necessarily the final amount due.

The ה־ at the beginning makes it definite, so התעריף means the rate.

Here חשבון means bill.

The word חשבון can also mean account in other contexts, so learners often notice that it has more than one meaning. In חשבון החשמל, the intended meaning is electricity bill.

Because this is a construct chain (called סמיכות in Hebrew).

In a construct chain:

• the first noun is linked to the second noun
• the first noun usually does not take ה־
• the definiteness is usually marked on the last noun

So:

• חשבון החשמל = the electricity bill
• not החשבון החשמל

This is a very common Hebrew pattern, similar to expressions like:

• בית הספר = the school
• משרד הממשלה = the government office

The prefix ב־ usually means in, on, or at, depending on context.

Here it means something like:

• on the electricity bill
• in the electricity bill
• in the electricity-bill charges/context

English and Hebrew do not always use the same preposition, so even though English often says on the bill, Hebrew naturally uses ב־ here.

Hebrew often forms the comparative with:

• adjective + יותר

So:

• גבוה = high
• גבוה יותר = higher / literally more high

This is one of the most common ways to say more ... in Hebrew.

Examples:

• יקר = expensive

• יקר יותר = more expensive

• מהיר = fast
• מהיר יותר = faster

Because גבוה has to agree with התעריף.

תעריף is a masculine singular noun, so the adjective is also masculine singular:

• תעריף גבוה יותר

If the noun were feminine, the adjective would change:

• העלות גבוהה יותר = the cost is higher

So this is a basic agreement pattern: adjectives match the noun in gender and number.

החודש by itself often means this month.

Hebrew commonly uses definite time words this way:

• היום = today
• השבוע = this week
• החודש = this month
• השנה = this year

So החודש is a natural, compact way to say this month.

You could also say בחודש הזה, but that is usually more explicit or emphatic.

Yes, this word order is natural.

The sentence is structured like this:

• התעריף בחשבון החשמל = the topic
• גבוה יותר = what is being said about it
• החודש = the time expression

Hebrew does allow some flexibility, so you could move החודש for emphasis, for example:

• החודש התעריף בחשבון החשמל גבוה יותר

But the original sentence sounds perfectly normal and neutral.

Not exactly.

Because the sentence uses התעריף, it specifically points to the rate/tariff being higher.

If you wanted to say that the whole bill is higher, Hebrew would more likely use something like:

• חשבון החשמל גבוה יותר החודש
• or הסכום בחשבון החשמל גבוה יותר החודש

So this sentence is more precise than simply saying the electricity bill is higher.