הסוכן מחכה בחוץ.

A common pronunciation is:

ha-so-KHEN me-kha-KEH ba-KHUTZ

Notes:

• kh represents the Hebrew letter sound like ח/כ, a throaty sound, like the ch in German Bach.
• Stress usually falls at the end of:
  • הסוכן → ha-soKHEN
  • מחכה → me-kha-KEH
  • בחוץ → ba-KHUTZ

Because Hebrew uses the prefix ה־ as the definite article, meaning the.

So:

• סוכן = agent
• הסוכן = the agent

Unlike English, Hebrew usually attaches the directly to the noun instead of writing it as a separate word.

The base form is סוכן.

It means agent and is a masculine singular noun.

Related forms:

• סוכן = male agent / agent
• סוכנת = female agent

So in this sentence, הסוכן refers to a masculine singular the agent.

מחכה is the present-tense form of the verb לחכות, meaning to wait.

In this sentence, מחכה means:

• is waiting
• or simply waits, depending on context

Hebrew present tense often covers both English simple present and present progressive.

So מחכה can correspond to:

• waits
• is waiting

Here, the natural English translation is usually is waiting.

Because in Hebrew, present-tense sentences usually do not use a separate word for am / is / are.

So Hebrew says:

• הסוכן מחכה בחוץ literally: the agent waiting outside

But in natural English, we translate it as:

• The agent is waiting outside

This is very normal in Hebrew. The present tense often works without a separate verb to be.

Here, מחכה is masculine singular present tense, and הסוכן is also masculine singular.

That agreement is why they match.

Useful comparison:

• הסוכן מחכה = the male agent is waiting
• הסוכנת מחכה = the female agent is waiting

In the singular present tense, מחכה can be used for both masculine and feminine I/you/he/she forms in some contexts, so the subject helps tell you who is doing the action.

בחוץ means outside.

It is made of:

• ב־ = in / at
• חוץ = outside / outdoors

Together, בחוץ means something like:

• outside
• outdoors
• on the outside

In English we just say outside, but Hebrew often uses this built-in preposition.

This is a very normal Hebrew sentence order:

subject + verb + place

So:

• הסוכן = subject
• מחכה = verb
• בחוץ = location

This is similar to English:

• The agent is waiting outside

Hebrew can sometimes vary word order for emphasis, but this version is the basic, neutral one.

Yes. סוכן can mean agent in several senses, depending on context, for example:

• a travel agent
• an insurance agent
• a secret agent
• a representative or operative

So the exact meaning depends on the larger context, even though the grammar of the sentence stays the same.

You would change the noun to the feminine form:

• הסוכנת מחכה בחוץ.

That means The female agent is waiting outside.

Notice:

• הסוכן → masculine
• הסוכנת → feminine

The verb here stays מחכה in this kind of present-tense form, so the noun is what clearly shows the gender.

You would usually remove the definite article ה־:

• סוכן מחכה בחוץ.

That means An agent is waiting outside or Agent is waiting outside, depending on context.

So:

• הסוכן = the agent
• סוכן = an agent / agent

Hebrew does not have a separate word for a/an, so the indefinite meaning is often shown simply by using the noun without ה־.