הכלב התקרב לדלת.

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Breakdown of הכלב התקרב לדלת.

• כלב: dog
• להתקרב: to approach; come closer

Questions & Answers about הכלב התקרב לדלת.

How do you pronounce הכלב התקרב לדלת?

A natural pronunciation is ha-kelev hitkarev la-delet.

A few stress notes:

• keLEV? No — KE-lev (stress on the first syllable is common in modern Hebrew here)
• hitkaREV (stress at the end)
• deLET (stress at the end)

If you added vowel marks, it would typically be: הַכֶּלֶב הִתְקָרֵב לַדֶּלֶת

Why does כלב become הכלב?

The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

• כלב = dog
• הכלב = the dog

So הכלב is just dog with the attached to the front.

What tense is התקרב?

התקרב is past tense.

More specifically, it is:

• 3rd person
• masculine
• singular

So it matches הכלב because dog here is treated as masculine singular.

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