כעס לא עוזר.

Anger does not help.

Breakdown of כעס לא עוזר.

• לא: not
• לעזור: to help
• כעס: anger

Questions & Answers about כעס לא עוזר.

How is כעס לא עוזר pronounced?

It is usually pronounced:

ká'as lo ozér

A more detailed breakdown:

• כעס = ká'as
• לא = lo
• עוזר = ozér

The stress is usually on the last syllable of עוזר: o-ZER.

What part of speech is כעס here?

Here, כעס is a noun, meaning anger.

That is important because כעס can also be related to the verb to get angry / to be angry, depending on context and form. But in this sentence, it functions as the subject:

• כעס = anger
• לא עוזר = does not help

So the whole sentence means Anger doesn’t help.

Why is there no word for does in the sentence?

Hebrew does not use a helper verb like English do / does in simple present negatives.

In English, we say:

• Anger does not help

In Hebrew, you simply say:

• כעס לא עוזר
• literally: anger not helps

So לא is enough to negate the verb in the present tense.