Questions & Answers about הרגש חזק.
Because in present-tense Hebrew, the verb to be is usually left out.
So Hebrew often says:
הרגש חזק
literally: the feeling strong
but it means:
the feeling is strong
This is very normal in Hebrew.
If you wanted past or future, you would usually include a form of להיות (to be):
- הרגש היה חזק = the feeling was strong
- הרגש יהיה חזק = the feeling will be strong
This is a very important Hebrew pattern.
הרגש חזק = the feeling is strong
Here, חזק is the predicate adjective: it describes the subject in a full sentence.הרגש החזק = the strong feeling
Here, חזק is part of a noun phrase, not a complete sentence.
In Hebrew, when an adjective directly modifies a definite noun, the adjective usually also takes ה:
- הספר הגדול = the big book
- הרגש החזק = the strong feeling
But in a sentence like הרגש חזק, the second word is not a definite modifier; it is the description being said about the subject.