Breakdown of כאב המפרקים חזק יותר אחרי תרגול ביתי.
אחרי
after
יותר
more
חזק
strong
כאב מפרקיםke'ev mifrakim
joint pain
Questions & Answers about כאב המפרקים חזק יותר אחרי תרגול ביתי.
Why is there no Hebrew word for is in this sentence?
In present-tense Hebrew, sentences like this usually do not use a verb meaning is.
So:
כאב המפרקים חזק יותר
literally looks like
the joint pain stronger
but it means
The joint pain is stronger.
This is very normal in Hebrew. The missing is is understood automatically.
Why does כאב המפרקים mean the joint pain if only המפרקים has ה־?
This is because כאב המפרקים is a construct chain (סמיכות), which is very common in Hebrew.
It is built like this:
- כאב = pain
- המפרקים = the joints
Together, it literally means the pain of the joints.
In a construct chain, the first noun usually does not take ה־, even when the whole phrase is definite. The definiteness is determined by the last word.
So:
- כאב מפרקים = joint pain / pain of joints
- כאב המפרקים = the joint pain / the pain of the joints
That is why כאב does not have ה־ here.
Is כאב המפרקים literally pain of the joints?