מפקח הבנייה כתב רשימת ליקויים.

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Breakdown of מפקח הבנייה כתב רשימת ליקויים.

• מפקח בנייה: construction supervisor
• רשימת ליקויים: defect list; punch list

Questions & Answers about מפקח הבנייה כתב רשימת ליקויים.

How is this sentence pronounced?

A reasonable pronunciation guide is:

me-fa-KE-aḥ hab-ni-YA ka-TAV re-shi-MAT li-ku-YIM

More carefully:

• מפקח = mefakéaḥ
• הבנייה = habniyá
• כתב = katáv
• רשימת = reshimát
• ליקויים = likuyím

The ḥ represents the throaty sound of ח.

Is מפקח a noun here, or is it a verb form?

Here it is functioning as a noun, meaning inspector or supervisor.

Grammatically, מפקח is also the masculine singular participle form of the verb לפקח = to supervise / inspect. Hebrew often uses participle forms as job titles or role nouns, so a form that looks verbal can also work as a noun.

So in this sentence, מפקח הבנייה means the construction inspector, not inspecting the construction.

Why does מפקח הבנייה mean the construction inspector even though מפקח does not have ה־ on it?