Breakdown of אבק בנייה נכנס לחדר אחרי ההריסה.
Questions & Answers about אבק בנייה נכנס לחדר אחרי ההריסה.
This is a very common Hebrew structure called סמיכות (the construct state).
- אבק בנייה literally means dust of construction
- In natural English, that becomes construction dust
In this structure:
- the first noun is the thing being described: אבק = dust
- the second noun tells you what kind: בנייה = construction/building work
So אבק בנייה means construction dust or dust from construction work.
A useful detail:
- אבק בנייה = construction dust / dust from construction work
- אבק הבנייה = the construction dust / the dust of the construction
The first noun usually does not take ה־ in this structure.