התעריף משנה את מחיר צריכת החשמל.

A common transliteration is:

ha-ta'arif meshane et mekhir tzrikhat ha-khashmal

A rough stress guide:

• ha-ta-a-RIF
• me-sha-NE
• et
• me-KHIR
• tzri-KHAT
• ha-khash-MAL

A few pronunciation notes:

• ח in חשמל and צריכת is the throaty sound heard in modern Hebrew, often written kh in transliteration.
• ע in התעריף is usually very light or silent in modern Israeli Hebrew.
• את here is pronounced et.

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

In this sentence:

• התעריף = the tariff / the rate
• החשמל = the electricity

Hebrew attaches the directly to the word instead of writing it as a separate word.

משנה here is the verb changes or is changing.

It comes from the verb לשנות = to change.

In this sentence, משנה is:

• present tense
• masculine singular

It matches the subject התעריף, which is a masculine singular noun.

Also, Hebrew present tense often covers both:

• changes
• is changing

So the exact English choice depends on context.

את marks a definite direct object.

Here, the thing being changed is:

מחיר צריכת החשמל = the price of electricity consumption

Because that whole object is definite, Hebrew uses את before it.

Important: את usually is not translated into English. It is a grammar marker, not a separate meaning word.

Hebrew often uses a construct chain (called סמיכות) instead of של.

So:

• מחיר צריכת החשמל literally means price of electricity consumption
• more naturally: the price of electricity consumption or the price of electricity usage

This is more compact and often more natural in formal Hebrew than:

• המחיר של צריכת החשמל

Both can exist, but the construct chain is very common and elegant here.

This is a very common Hebrew question.

In a construct chain, the whole phrase can be definite even if the first noun does not have ה־.

So:

• מחיר צריכת החשמל

is definite because the chain ends with a definite noun:

• החשמל = the electricity

As a result, the whole chain is understood as definite:

• the price of the electricity consumption
• more naturally in English: the price of electricity consumption

That is also why את appears before the phrase.

Because צריכת is the construct form of צריכה.

• צריכה = consumption
• צריכת ... = consumption of ...

This is very common with feminine nouns ending in ־ה. In construct, they often change to a form ending in ־ת.

So:

• צריכה = consumption
• צריכת החשמל = electricity consumption / consumption of electricity

Hebrew and English do not use definiteness in exactly the same way.

In Hebrew, החשמל is natural in a phrase like:

• צריכת החשמל

Even though English often translates this simply as:

• electricity consumption

So the Hebrew may look more definite than the English translation. This is normal and idiomatic.

They are related, but not the same.

• תעריף = tariff, rate, or an official pricing schedule
• מחיר = price or cost

So the sentence is saying that the tariff/rate affects or changes the price/cost of electricity consumption.

A useful way to think about it:

• תעריף = the rate structure
• מחיר = the resulting price

It is normal, neutral Hebrew word order:

• התעריף = subject
• משנה = verb
• את מחיר צריכת החשמל = direct object

So the pattern is basically:

Subject + Verb + Object

Hebrew can move parts around for emphasis, but this version sounds natural and straightforward.

It can mean either one, depending on context.

Hebrew present tense often covers both:

• a general statement: The tariff changes the price of electricity consumption
• an ongoing situation: The tariff is changing the price of electricity consumption

Without more context, a reader may understand it as a general statement or policy-related fact.

In this sentence, it clearly means changes from לשנות.

But learners sometimes notice that forms from the same consonants can appear in other words, such as משנה in different contexts. So context matters.

Here the sentence structure makes it clearly verbal:

• subject: התעריף
• verb: משנה
• object: את מחיר צריכת החשמל

So there is no ambiguity here: משנה is the verb changes.