כמו שכתוב בחשבון החשמל, התעריף שונה.

As it says on the electricity bill, the tariff is different.

Breakdown of כמו שכתוב בחשבון החשמל, התעריף שונה.

• כתוב: written
• כמו ש: the way
• שונה: different
• חשבון חשמל: electricity bill

Questions & Answers about כמו שכתוב בחשבון החשמל, התעריף שונה.

Why is there no Hebrew word for is in התעריף שונה?

In the present tense, Hebrew usually does not use a separate word for to be.

So:

• התעריף שונה = The tariff/rate is different
• literally, it is just the tariff different

This is completely normal in Hebrew.
If you wanted past or future, then Hebrew would use forms of היה / יהיה:

• התעריף היה שונה = The tariff was different
• התעריף יהיה שונה = The tariff will be different

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What does כמו שכתוב mean exactly?

כמו שכתוב means as written or as it is written.

It breaks down like this:

• כמו = like / as
• ש־ = that / which / as
• כתוב = written

So the whole phrase means something like:

• as written
• as is written
• just as it says

This is a very common Hebrew expression when referring to something written in a text, bill, sign, contract, message, and so on.

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Why is there a ש־ in כמו שכתוב? Why not just ?