Breakdown of על אף הפסקת החשמל, יש קפיצה בצריכה.
Questions & Answers about על אף הפסקת החשמל, יש קפיצה בצריכה.
על אף means despite, in spite of, or notwithstanding.
It is a bit more formal than everyday למרות, which also means despite. In many contexts, they can be translated the same way:
- על אף הפסקת החשמל = despite the power outage
- למרות הפסקת החשמל = despite the power outage
So yes, על אף is correct, but it sounds slightly more formal or written.
This is the construct state in Hebrew, called סמיכות.
The base noun is הפסקה = interruption / outage / break.
When it is followed by another noun to mean the outage of the electricity, it changes to the construct form:
- הפסקה → הפסקת
- חשמל = electricity
- הפסקת חשמל = power outage / literally interruption of electricity
So הפסקת החשמל means the power outage.