השכר מגיע בסוף החודש.

ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, equivalent to the in English. So שכר means pay / wage / salary, while השכר means the pay / the salary.

In this sentence, השכר refers to a specific salary, so Hebrew uses the definite article.

In this sentence, שכר means pay, wages, or salary, depending on context.

A few useful distinctions:

• שכר = pay, wages, salary; a somewhat broad and often formal term
• משכורת = salary, often specifically a monthly salary
• שכר עבודה = wages / work pay

So in everyday English, the sentence is often understood as the salary arrives at the end of the month, even though the Hebrew word itself is שכר.

Hebrew verbs in the present tense agree with the subject in gender and number.

Here the subject is השכר, and שכר is a masculine singular noun, so the verb is:

• masculine singular: מגיע
• feminine singular: מגיעה
• masculine plural: מגיעים
• feminine plural: מגיעות

That is why the sentence uses מגיע.

מגיע comes from the root נ־ג־ע, which often relates to reaching or arriving.

In everyday Hebrew, להגיע usually means:

• to arrive
• to reach
• sometimes to come

So השכר מגיע literally means something like the salary arrives / comes.

Depending on context, Hebrew uses this verb naturally in places where English might say:

• the pay comes in
• the salary is paid
• the salary arrives

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

So where English says:

• The salary is paid at the end of the month
• The salary arrives at the end of the month

Hebrew simply says:

• השכר מגיע בסוף החודש

This is completely normal Hebrew grammar. In the present tense, the verb itself carries the meaning, and Hebrew does not usually insert a present-tense to be.

The prefix ב־ means in / at / on, depending on context.

So:

• סוף = end
• בסוף = at the end / in the end

In this sentence, בסוף means at the end of.

So:

• בסוף החודש = at the end of the month

When the preposition ב־ attaches to a definite noun, it often combines with the definite article ה־.

So underlyingly you can think of it as:

• ב + הסוף → בסוף

This is similar to how:

• ב + הבית → בבית = in the house
• ל + העיר → לעיר = to the city
• כ + הספר → כספר in theory, though forms vary by pronunciation and style

In בסוף, the prefix and article have merged into one written form.

Because Hebrew often says the month where English also says the month.

• חודש = month
• החודש = the month

So:

• בסוף חודש would sound more like at the end of a month or be incomplete in this context
• בסוף החודש = at the end of the month

This is the natural phrase for referring to the end of the current or relevant month.

Yes, it is a very common Hebrew time expression meaning:

• at the end of the month
• toward month’s end

You will also see similar patterns:

• בתחילת החודש = at the beginning of the month
• באמצע החודש = in the middle of the month
• בסוף השנה = at the end of the year

So this structure is very useful to learn as a pattern.

Yes. Even though מגיע literally means arrives / comes, the natural English meaning in context can be:

• The salary comes at the end of the month
• The salary arrives at the end of the month
• The salary is paid at the end of the month

The exact English translation depends on how natural you want it to sound. In payroll contexts, English often prefers is paid, while Hebrew comfortably uses מגיע.

Yes, absolutely.

That sentence means essentially the same thing:

• המשכורת מגיעה בסוף החודש = The salary arrives / is paid at the end of the month

Here the noun משכורת is feminine singular, so the verb changes to:

• מגיעה instead of מגיע

This is a very good example of verb agreement in Hebrew.

The word order here is very natural and straightforward:

• השכר = subject
• מגיע = verb
• בסוף החודש = time expression

So the structure is:

subject + verb + time phrase

Hebrew can sometimes change word order for emphasis, but this sentence is the standard neutral order.

A common pronunciation is:

ha-sakhár ma-gí-a be-sof ha-khódesh

A few pronunciation notes:

• שכר here is usually pronounced sakhár
• מגיע is magi’a, with a small break before the final a
• חודש has the guttural ח, like kh in transliteration

If you want to say it smoothly:

ha-sakhár magí’a besóf ha-khódesh

Different accents may sound slightly different, but this will be widely understood.

Yes, and this often confuses learners.

מגיע can mean:

1. arrives / comes
2. deserves / is entitled to

For example:

• הוא מגיע מחר = He is arriving tomorrow
• מגיע לך = You deserve it / You are entitled to it

In your sentence, the meaning is clearly arrives / comes, not deserves, because the subject is השכר and the phrase בסוף החודש gives a time meaning.