בדיקת המונה גילתה תקלה במונה.

Because בדיקת is the construct form of בדיקה.

In Hebrew, when one noun is followed by another noun to mean X of Y, the first noun often changes form. This is called construct state or סמיכות.

So:

• בדיקה = an inspection / a check
• בדיקת המונה = inspection of the meter

With many feminine nouns ending in ־ה, that ־ה changes to ־ת in construct:

• בדיקה → בדיקת
• מכונה → מכונת
• תחנה → תחנת

So בדיקת המונה is literally inspection of the meter.

This is another feature of the construct chain.

In a construct phrase, definiteness is usually shown only on the last noun, but it applies to the whole phrase.

So:

• בדיקת מונה = an inspection of a meter / meter inspection
• בדיקת המונה = the inspection of the meter

You do not say הבדיקת המונה in standard Hebrew. The first noun in a construct chain normally does not take ה־.

Because the subject is בדיקת המונה, and the head of that subject is בדיקת, which is a feminine singular noun.

Hebrew verbs agree with the subject in gender and number, so:

• בדיקת המונה גילתה = the inspection of the meter revealed

Even though המונה is masculine, it is not the grammatical head of the subject. The main noun is בדיקת, so the verb is feminine singular: גילתה.

The basic dictionary form is גילה = he revealed / discovered.

In this sentence, גילתה is:

• past tense
• 3rd person feminine singular

So it means she revealed, but with a feminine noun subject like בדיקת, English translates it naturally as:

• the inspection revealed

This kind of verb is very common in reports and technical language:

• הבדיקה גילתה... = the inspection/test revealed...
• הצילום גילה... = the scan/X-ray revealed...

Because it is indefinite here: a fault / a malfunction, not the fault.

So:

• תקלה = a fault / malfunction
• התקלה = the fault / the malfunction

In this sentence, the fault is being introduced as new information, so Hebrew naturally uses the indefinite form:

• גילתה תקלה = revealed a fault

If you were talking about a specific known fault, you might say גילתה את התקלה or התקלה in a different structure.

במונה is made from:

• ב־ = in / at / on
• המונה = the meter

When ב־ is attached to a noun with ה־, they combine into one word:

• ב + המונה → במונה

It is pronounced roughly ba-moneh.

In this sentence, במונה means in the meter or with the meter, depending on how natural the English translation is in context. In technical English, a fault in the meter is a very natural rendering.

Yes, Hebrew could sometimes use a pronoun, but repeating the noun is often clearer, especially in technical or formal writing.

Here the two parts do different jobs:

• בדיקת המונה = the inspection of the meter
• תקלה במונה = a fault in the meter

So even though המונה appears twice, it is not redundant in the Hebrew way of organizing the sentence. It keeps the sentence precise.

A pronoun like בו = in it might be possible in some contexts, but it would be less explicit:

• בדיקת המונה גילתה בו תקלה

That is grammatical, but the original wording is clearer and more typical for a report-like sentence.

Yes. In unvoweled Hebrew, מונה can have more than one meaning depending on context.

Possible meanings include:

• meter
• counter
• counts / counting as a verb form

But in this sentence, the technical context makes המונה clearly mean the meter.

This is very normal in Hebrew: the same spelling can represent different words, and context tells you which one is meant.

Yes, תקלה במונה is more natural here.

Hebrew often uses ב־ with faults, defects, or problems to mean in or with something:

• תקלה במחשב = a fault in the computer
• בעיה במנוע = a problem with the engine
• נזק במערכת = damage in the system

By contrast, תקלה של המונה sounds less idiomatic here. It can feel more like the meter’s fault in an ownership sense, rather than a malfunction located in the meter.

So for technical problems, ב־ is usually the better choice.

It is natural, but it sounds a bit formal or technical, like something from a report, service note, or inspection summary.

That is because of features like:

• the noun phrase בדיקת המונה
• the verb גילתה
• the technical noun תקלה

In everyday speech, someone might say something a little more conversational, such as:

• בדקנו את המונה וגילינו תקלה. = We checked the meter and found a fault.
• בבדיקה של המונה מצאו תקלה. = In a check of the meter, they found a fault.

So the original sentence is perfectly good Hebrew; it just has a more written or technical tone.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

bdiKAT ha-moNE giLTA ta-kaLA ba-moNE

More smoothly:

bdikat hamone gilta takala bamone

A few helpful notes:

• בדיקת = bdiKAT
• המונה = ha-moNE
• גילתה = giLTA
• תקלה = takaLA
• במונה = ba-moNE

The stress is mostly on the last syllable in these words.