קוד הכניסה פותח את דלת מתקן האחסון.

direct object marker

Breakdown of קוד הכניסה פותח את דלת מתקן האחסון.

• לפתוח: to open
• דלת: door
• מתקן אחסון: storage facility

Questions & Answers about קוד הכניסה פותח את דלת מתקן האחסון.

Why is the verb פותח masculine singular, even though כניסה is a feminine noun?

Because the verb agrees with the main noun of the subject, not with every noun inside the phrase.

The subject here is קוד הכניסה. The head noun is קוד, and קוד is masculine singular. So the verb is also masculine singular: פותח.

כניסה is part of the phrase modifying קוד. It does not control the verb.

So the agreement is:

• קוד → masculine singular
• פותח → masculine singular

If the subject were a feminine singular noun, you would expect פותחת instead.

What form is פותח exactly?

פותח is the masculine singular present-tense form of the verb לפתוח, meaning to open.

In Modern Hebrew, present-tense verb forms also function a bit like participles, so פותח can mean:

• opens
• is opening
• sometimes opening, depending on context

In this sentence, it is most naturally understood as opens.

Related forms:

• פותחת — feminine singular
• פותחים — masculine plural
• פותחות — feminine plural

Why is את used before דלת מתקן האחסון?