בעל החשבון נתן את מספר המונה.

A common pronunciation is ba'al ha-kheshbon natan et mispar ha-moneh.

A few pronunciation notes:

• בעל = ba'al. The ע often creates a small break, though many modern speakers pronounce it very lightly.
• ח in החשבון is the throaty kh sound, like the ch in German Bach.
• את is pronounced et.
• Stress is usually on the last syllable in most of these words: ba'AL ha-kheshBON naTAN et misPAR ha-moNEH.

Here, בעל means owner, holder, or person who has something. So בעל החשבון means the owner/holder of the account, which is naturally translated as the account holder.

Yes, בעל can also mean husband in other contexts, but not here. Hebrew often uses the same word in more than one sense, and context tells you which meaning is intended.

This is because בעל החשבון is a construct chain in Hebrew.

In a construct chain:

• the first noun is linked to the second noun,
• and the definiteness of the whole phrase usually comes from the second noun.

So:

• חשבון = account
• החשבון = the account
• בעל החשבון literally = owner of the account

Because the second word is definite, the whole phrase is definite, so the natural English meaning is the account holder.

Hebrew often expresses of relationships with a construct chain instead of של.

So instead of saying something like owner of the account with a separate word for of, Hebrew commonly says:

• בעל החשבון

This is shorter and very natural.

With some noun combinations, של is possible, but in phrases like this, the construct form is the usual choice. For account holder, בעל החשבון is the standard expression.

נתן is the 3rd person masculine singular past tense form of the verb לתת, which means to give.

So נתן means:

• he gave

That matches the subject בעל החשבון, which is grammatically masculine singular.

A few related forms:

• נתנה = she gave
• נתנו = they gave

את is the direct object marker. It appears before a definite direct object.

Here, the direct object is מספר המונה, which is definite, so Hebrew uses את:

• נתן את מספר המונה

English does not have an equivalent word, so it usually is not translated.

A simple way to think of it:

• את does not mean anything by itself here,
• it just signals that the next phrase is the specific thing being acted on.

Again, Hebrew often prefers the construct chain.

So:

• מספר המונה = the number of the meter / the meter number

This is a compact and natural Hebrew way to say it.

You may also hear:

• המספר של המונה

That is understandable and grammatical, but מספר המונה is more concise and often feels more natural, especially in formal or written Hebrew.

For the same reason as בעל החשבון: this is a construct chain.

• מספר = number
• המונה = the meter
• מספר המונה = number of the meter

Because המונה is definite, the whole phrase becomes definite. So the phrase means:

• the meter number
• or more literally, the number of the meter

In construct chains, the first noun usually does not take ה־ directly.

Here, מונה means meter, as in an electricity meter, water meter, gas meter, or some other measuring device.

Yes, מונה can mean other things in other contexts. For example, it can also be related to counting or a counter. But in the phrase מספר המונה, the meaning meter is the natural one.

So in this sentence:

• מספר המונה = the meter number

You would normally change both the noun and the verb to feminine:

• בעלת החשבון נתנה את מספר המונה.

That means The female account holder gave the meter number.

Changes:

• בעל → בעלת
• נתן → נתנה

Hebrew usually marks gender more clearly than English does.

Yes. This sentence uses a very normal Hebrew word order:

• subject: בעל החשבון
• verb: נתן
• object: את מספר המונה

So it follows the common Subject-Verb-Object pattern:

• The account holder gave the meter number.

Hebrew can change word order for emphasis, but this version is neutral and standard.