בקרת האקלים חשובה בגלל הסכנה של עובש.

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Breakdown of בקרת האקלים חשובה בגלל הסכנה של עובש.

• חשוב: important
• בגלל: because of
• סכנה: danger

Questions & Answers about בקרת האקלים חשובה בגלל הסכנה של עובש.

Where is the word is in this sentence?

Hebrew often leaves out the present-tense form of to be.

So:

בקרת האקלים חשובה
literally = Climate control important
natural English = Climate control is important

This is called a nominal sentence in the present tense. If you wanted past or future, Hebrew would usually include a form of היה:

• בקרת האקלים הייתה חשובה = Climate control was important
• בקרת האקלים תהיה חשובה = Climate control will be important

What does בקרת האקלים mean exactly?

It means climate control.

More literally, it is control of the climate. This is a Hebrew construct phrase (סמיכות):

• בקרה = control, monitoring
• בקרת ... = control of ...
• האקלים = the climate

So בקרת האקלים is literally the control of the climate, but in natural English we usually say climate control.

Why is it בקרת and not בקרה?