שימוש חוזר חשוב לקיימות.

In Hebrew, the verb to be is usually left out in the present tense.

So:

• שימוש חוזר חשוב לקיימות = Reuse is important for sustainability

Literally, it is more like:

• Reuse important for sustainability

This is completely normal in Hebrew. If you wanted was or will be, then Hebrew would use a verb form.

Literally, שימוש חוזר means something like repeated use or use again.

Breakdown:

• שימוש = use
• חוזר = returning / repeated / recurring

Together, שימוש חוזר is the standard Hebrew expression for reuse.

So even though English uses one word, Hebrew often uses this two-word expression.

Because שימוש חוזר is treated as a masculine singular expression, and the adjective חשוב agrees with it.

• חשוב = masculine singular
• חשובה = feminine singular
• חשובים = masculine plural
• חשובות = feminine plural

Since the subject here is שימוש חוזר, the sentence uses חשוב.

So:

• שימוש חוזר חשוב = Reuse is important

Here, לקיימות means for sustainability.

It is made of:

• ל־ = to / for
• קיימות = sustainability

So:

• חשוב לקיימות = important for sustainability

This is a very common Hebrew structure:

• חשוב ל... = important for...
• טוב ל... = good for...
• מועיל ל... = beneficial for...

In modern Hebrew, קיימות commonly means sustainability, especially in environmental or social discussions.

Examples of context:

• קיימות סביבתית = environmental sustainability
• חינוך לקיימות = education for sustainability

It comes from the root related to existing, enduring, or being sustainable.

Hebrew often allows a sentence structure like:

• [subject] + [adjective] + [prepositional phrase]

So:

• שימוש חוזר = subject
• חשוב = important
• לקיימות = for sustainability

This is very natural Hebrew word order for a simple present-tense statement.

English needs is, but Hebrew does not in the present tense, so the Hebrew sentence looks shorter.

Yes. That is a very natural English translation.

Hebrew שימוש חוזר is a noun phrase meaning reuse, but depending on the English style, you might translate it as:

• Reuse is important for sustainability
• Reusing is important for sustainability

Both work well in English, even though the Hebrew itself uses a noun phrase.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

shi-MOOSH kho-ZER kha-SHOOV le-ka-ya-MOOT

A few notes:

• שימוש = shi-MOOSH
• חוזר = kho-ZER
• חשוב = kha-SHOOV
• לקיימות = le-ka-ya-MOOT

The letter ח is a throaty sound, like the ch in German Bach or Scottish loch.

Not if you mean reuse.

• שימוש חוזר = reuse
• מחזור = recycling

These are related ideas, but they are not the same.

For example:

• שימוש חוזר בבקבוקים = reusing bottles
• מחזור בקבוקים = recycling bottles

So in this sentence, שימוש חוזר is the correct choice if the idea is reuse.

Yes, it is a standard and common expression, especially in environmental, educational, and public-information contexts.

You may see it in phrases like:

• עידוד שימוש חוזר = encouraging reuse
• מוצר לשימוש חוזר = a reusable product
• בקבוק לשימוש חוזר = a reusable bottle

So this sentence sounds natural and idiomatic.

Yes, you can, but it changes the feel slightly.

• שימוש חוזר חשוב לקיימות = Reuse is important for sustainability

  • a general statement

• השימוש החוזר חשוב לקיימות = The reuse is important for sustainability / Reuse is important for sustainability

  • more specific or more formal, depending on context

In many general statements, Hebrew often leaves out ה־ when speaking about something in a broad, general way. So the version without ה־ is very natural here.

It sounds neutral to slightly formal.

It would fit well in:

• educational material
• environmental campaigns
• informational writing
• school or public signage

In everyday casual speech, someone might say something longer or less abstract, but this sentence itself is perfectly natural and clear.