שריפת הביסק נעשית בתנור הקרמי.

to become

Breakdown of שריפת הביסק נעשית בתנור הקרמי.

• שריפת ביסק: bisque firing
• תנור קרמי: ceramic kiln

Questions & Answers about שריפת הביסק נעשית בתנור הקרמי.

Why is שריפת used here instead of the dictionary form שריפה?

Because שריפת is the construct form of שריפה.

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

So:

• שריפה = burning / firing
• שריפת הביסק = the firing of the bisque / the bisque firing

The final -ת is a very common sign that a feminine noun has gone into the construct form.

Why doesn’t שריפת have ה־ on it, even though the whole phrase is definite?

In a construct chain, definiteness is usually determined by the last noun, not by the first one.

So in:

• שריפת הביסק

the second noun, הביסק, is definite because it has ה־. That makes the whole phrase definite: the bisque firing.

This is different from English, where we usually mark definiteness only once with the, but the logic is similar: the whole unit is definite because its ending is definite.

What does הביסק mean here?

ביסק is a loanword, from the ceramics term bisque. It refers to the first firing of pottery before glazing, or to the ware at that stage.

With ה־, הביסק means the bisque.

Even though it is a borrowed word, Hebrew still treats it like a regular noun, so it can take the definite article just like native Hebrew words do.