חיוב היתר שינה את יתרת החוב.

direct object marker

Breakdown of חיוב היתר שינה את יתרת החוב.

• לשנות: to change
• חיוב יתר: overcharge
• יתרת חוב: outstanding balance

Questions & Answers about חיוב היתר שינה את יתרת החוב.

What is חיוב היתר? Is that one expression?

Yes. חיוב היתר is a construct chain in Hebrew: two nouns placed together, where the first is linked to the second.

Here:

• חיוב = a charge, billing, debit
• היתר = the excess / the extra amount

So together it means something like the excess charge or the overcharge.

In financial Hebrew, this is the kind of phrase English often turns into one word, like overcharge.

Why does היתר have ה־ on it?

Because in a construct chain, the definiteness usually appears on the second noun, not the first.

So:

• חיוב יתר = an overcharge / excess charge
• חיוב היתר = the overcharge / the excess charge

Even though חיוב itself does not have ה־, the whole phrase is definite because the second word is definite.

Is שינה here the verb changed?