הבר ליד המלון.

In Hebrew, the present-tense to be is usually omitted.

So הבר ליד המלון literally looks like the bar next to the hotel, but it can naturally mean The bar is next to the hotel.

This is very common in Hebrew:

• הספר על השולחן = The book is on the table
• הילד בבית = The boy is at home

If you want past or future, Hebrew usually does use a form of to be:

• הבר היה ליד המלון = The bar was next to the hotel
• הבר יהיה ליד המלון = The bar will be next to the hotel

ה is the Hebrew definite article, equivalent to English the.

So:

• בר = a bar / bar
• הבר = the bar
• מלון = a hotel / hotel
• המלון = the hotel

In this sentence, both nouns are definite:

• הבר = the bar
• המלון = the hotel

A common pronunciation is:

ha-BAR le-YAD ha-ma-LON

More roughly:

• הבר = ha-BAR
• ליד = le-YAD
• המלון = ha-ma-LON

The stress is usually on the last syllable of ליד and מלון:

• leYAD
• maLON

ליד means next to, beside, or by.

So:

• ליד המלון = next to the hotel

It is a very common preposition in Hebrew.

Examples:

• ליד הבית = next to the house
• ליד הדלת = by the door
• לידך = next to you

So in your sentence, ליד המלון tells you the location of the bar.

It can function as a complete sentence in Hebrew, because Hebrew often omits is in the present tense.

So it can mean:

• The bar is next to the hotel

But depending on context, it can also be understood as a noun phrase:

• the bar next to the hotel

For example:

• אני מחפש את הבר ליד המלון = I’m looking for the bar next to the hotel

So without context, it could be read either way, but as a standalone sentence it is perfectly normal.

Hebrew often uses the same basic order here as English:

the bar + next to the hotel

So:

• הבר = the bar
• ליד המלון = next to the hotel

Together:

• הבר ליד המלון = The bar is next to the hotel / the bar next to the hotel

This structure is very natural in Hebrew:

• המסעדה ליד הבנק = The restaurant is next to the bank
• הילד ליד האוטו = The boy is next to the car

בר in this meaning is a modern borrowed word, ultimately from English bar.

Modern Hebrew uses many international words, especially for modern places or objects.

So:

• בר = bar
• מלון = hotel

By contrast, מלון is a regular Hebrew word, not just an English borrowing written in Hebrew letters.

Both בר and מלון are generally treated as masculine nouns in Modern Hebrew.

It does not affect this short sentence much, because there are no adjectives or verbs showing gender here.

But if you added an adjective, gender would matter:

• הבר גדול = The bar is big
• המלון גדול = The hotel is big

Both use the masculine form גדול.

את is used before a definite direct object. But this sentence has no direct object.

Here, המלון is not an object of a verb. It is part of the prepositional phrase ליד המלון = next to the hotel.

So you do not say:

• ליד את המלון ❌

You simply say:

• ליד המלון ✅

Yes, you can, but it is usually less natural in a simple sentence like this.

• הבר ליד המלון = the most normal everyday wording
• הבר הוא ליד המלון = possible, but often sounds more emphatic or contrastive

For example, הוא might be used if you are stressing the location:

• הבר הוא ליד המלון, לא ליד התחנה
  = The bar is next to the hotel, not next to the station

So in ordinary speech, the version without הוא is usually preferred.

Yes. In real usage, ליד can cover both next to and near/by, depending on context.

So הבר ליד המלון could mean:

• The bar is next to the hotel
• The bar is by the hotel
• sometimes even The bar is near the hotel

If someone wants to be very exact, context usually makes it clear how close the two places are.