אנחנו רוצים להתקרב לבית.

A common pronunciation is:

anákhnu rotsím lehitkarév labáyit

Word by word:

• אנחנו = anákhnu
• רוצים = rotsím
• להתקרב = lehitkarév
• לבית = labáyit here, if the meaning is to the house

If לבית meant to a house, it would usually be pronounced leváyit instead.

Because אנחנו means we, and in Hebrew the present-tense form of want agrees with the subject in number and gender.

• רוצים = masculine plural
• רוצות = feminine plural

So:

• אנחנו רוצים = we want if the group is masculine or mixed
• אנחנו רוצות = we want if the group is all female

Masculine plural is also the default for mixed groups.

Usually yes, or at least it is very helpful.

In the Hebrew present tense, רוצים does not tell you the person by itself. It can mean:

• we want
• you (plural, masculine) want
• they want

So אנחנו makes it clear that the subject is we.

This is different from many past and future forms in Hebrew, where the verb itself often shows the person more clearly.

Because after רוצה / רוצים Hebrew normally uses the infinitive, just like English uses to + verb after want.

So:

• רוצים = want
• להתקרב = to get closer / to approach

Together:

• רוצים להתקרב = want to get closer / want to approach

This is a very common pattern:

• אני רוצה לאכול = I want to eat
• אנחנו רוצים ללמוד = we want to study

It tells you that this is an infinitive in the התפעל pattern.

A simple way to understand להתקרב is:

• root: ק-ר-ב, connected with nearness / closeness
• verb: להתקרב = to get closer, to approach

This verb is about the subject moving closer itself, not about moving something else.

So אנחנו רוצים להתקרב means we want to move closer / approach.

This is an important distinction.

• להתקרב = to get closer / to approach
• לקרב = to bring something or someone closer

So:

• אנחנו רוצים להתקרב לבית = We want to approach the house
• אנחנו רוצים לקרב את הכיסא לשולחן = We want to move the chair closer to the table

In other words:

• להתקרב = the subject changes its own position
• לקרב = the subject causes something else to become closer

Because להתקרב normally takes the preposition ל־ in everyday Hebrew.

So the natural pattern is:

• להתקרב ל... = to get closer to...

That gives:

• להתקרב לבית = to get closer to the house

You may sometimes see אל with movement in Hebrew, but with להתקרב, ל־ is the usual and most natural choice.

Hebrew often attaches prepositions directly to the noun, and when a preposition combines with ה־ (the), the form changes.

So:

• בית = house
• הבית = the house
• ל + הבית = לבית = to the house

In pointed Hebrew, to the house would be written לַבַּיִת.

So the idea of the is still there, but it is built into the form rather than written as a separate word.

Yes. In unpointed Hebrew, לבית can be ambiguous.

It can represent:

• לְבַיִת = to a house
• לַבַּיִת = to the house

They are written the same without vowel marks, so the meaning usually comes from context.

In your sentence, if the meaning shown is to the house, then the intended reading is labáyit.

Because בית has two common shapes:

• bayit = the normal standalone form, house
• beit = the construct form, used before another noun, roughly house of...

For example:

• בית = bayit = house
• בית ספר = beit séfer = school, literally house of book

In לבית, the word stands on its own after a preposition, so it is the regular bayit form, not the construct beit form.

Here are some useful variations:

• אני רוצה להתקרב לבית = I want to get closer to the house

  • said by a man: rotzé
  • said by a woman: rotzá
    (same spelling in unpointed Hebrew: רוצה)

• אנחנו רוצים להתקרב לבית = We want to get closer to the house

  • masculine or mixed group

• אנחנו רוצות להתקרב לבית = We want to get closer to the house

  • all-female group

So the part that changes most obviously is the form of want.