הנחש בגינה.

garden

Breakdown of הנחש בגינה.

• נחש: snake

Questions & Answers about הנחש בגינה.

How do you pronounce הנחש בגינה?

A natural pronunciation is:

• ha-na-KHASH ba-gi-NA = if the meaning is The snake is in the garden
• ha-na-KHASH be-gi-NA = if the meaning is The snake is in a garden

A few notes:

• The stress is usually on the last syllable of both words: naKHASH, giNA.
• The letter ח in נחש is a throaty kh sound, like the ch in German Bach or Scottish loch.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Because in Hebrew, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

So Hebrew often says literally:

• הנחש בגינה = The snake in the garden

but it means:

• The snake is in the garden

This is very normal in Hebrew. In past or future, you would use forms of to be, but not usually in simple present-tense sentences like this.

What does the ה in הנחש mean?