בעל החשבון מחכה לתיקון החשבון.

The account holder is waiting for a bill correction.

Breakdown of בעל החשבון מחכה לתיקון החשבון.

• לחכות: to wait
• בעל החשבון: account holder
• תיקון חשבון: bill correction

Questions & Answers about בעל החשבון מחכה לתיקון החשבון.

Why does בעל mean owner/account holder here? Doesn’t בעל also mean husband?

Yes. בעל can mean several related things, including owner, master, and in some contexts husband.

Here, because it is followed by החשבון and the whole phrase is בעל החשבון, it clearly means the owner of the account or the account holder, not the husband of the account.

Context is what tells you which meaning is intended.

Why is there no ה on בעל in בעל החשבון, even though the phrase is definite?

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

In a construct phrase:

• the first noun is in a special linked form
• the second noun tells you whether the whole phrase is definite

So:

• בעל חשבון = an account owner / owner of an account
• בעל החשבון = the account owner / owner of the account

Even without ה on בעל, the whole phrase is definite because החשבון is definite.

The same thing happens later in the sentence with תיקון החשבון.

What exactly is החשבון here? Does חשבון mean account, bill, or calculation?