קבלן השיפוצים כתב את שם הגוון על המסקינג טייפ.

This is a very common Hebrew structure called סמיכות (smikhut), often called the construct state.

• קבלן = contractor
• השיפוצים = the renovations / the remodeling work

Together, קבלן השיפוצים literally means contractor of the renovations, but in natural English we usually say:

• the renovation contractor
• the remodeling contractor

So Hebrew often uses a noun + noun structure where English might use:

• an adjective-like noun: renovation contractor
• or of: contractor of the renovations

Because in a construct chain (סמיכות), definiteness is usually marked on the second noun, but it makes the whole phrase definite.

So:

• קבלן שיפוצים = a renovation contractor
• קבלן השיפוצים = the renovation contractor

Even though קבלן itself does not have ה־, the whole phrase is definite because the second word is definite.

This is very normal in Hebrew:

• בית ספר = a school
• בית הספר = the school

Not הבית הספר in this structure.

In Hebrew, שיפוצים is very commonly used in the plural to mean renovation work or remodeling in general.

So although English may say:

• renovation
• remodeling
• renovation work

Hebrew often says שיפוצים, literally renovations.

This is just the normal idiomatic word choice. Native speakers use שיפוצים even when referring to one overall renovation project.

כתב means wrote.

It is:

• past tense
• 3rd person
• masculine singular

So it means:

• he wrote

Since קבלן is a masculine singular noun, כתב matches it naturally.

Compare:

• כתב = he wrote
• כתבה = she wrote
• כתבו = they wrote

את is the direct object marker. It appears before a definite direct object.

Here:

• כתב = wrote
• את שם הגוון = the name of the shade

Because שם הגוון is definite, Hebrew uses את.

This does not mean with here. It is just a grammar marker.

Compare:

• כתב שם = he wrote a name
• כתב את השם = he wrote the name

So in your sentence, את tells you that שם הגוון is the thing being written.

This is the same construct-state pattern again.

• שם = name
• הגוון = the shade / the hue

Together:

• שם הגוון = the name of the shade

Because the second noun הגוון is definite, the whole phrase becomes definite.

So:

• שם גוון = a shade name / the name of a shade
• שם הגוון = the name of the shade

This is another very typical Hebrew pattern.

Not exactly.

• צבע = color
• גוון = shade / tone / hue

So שם הגוון is more specifically the shade name, not just the color name in the broadest sense.

For example, if someone is choosing paint, גוון often refers to the specific variation of a color, like:

• light gray
• sand beige
• off-white

So this word fits very naturally in a painting or renovation context.

על usually means on.

So:

• על המסקינג טייפ = on the masking tape

This means the contractor wrote the shade name on the masking tape.

That makes sense in a renovation or painting situation—for example, labeling surfaces, paint samples, or sections of a wall.

Yes—this is a borrowed expression from English: masking tape.

Hebrew often writes borrowed words in Hebrew letters:

• מסקינג = masking
• טייפ = tape

This is very common in modern spoken and written Hebrew, especially for:

• tools
• construction terms
• technology
• brand-style vocabulary

With the article:

• המסקינג טייפ = the masking tape

So even though the phrase comes from English, it behaves like a Hebrew noun phrase in the sentence.

A natural pronunciation would be roughly:

kablan ha-shiputzim katav et shem ha-gaven al ha-masking teyp

A few notes:

• קבלן = kablan
• השיפוצים = ha-shiputzim
• כתב = katav
• שם = shem
• הגוון = ha-gaven
• על = al
• המסקינג טייפ = ha-masking teyp

This transliteration is approximate, but it should help you recognize the sentence when hearing it.

The sentence uses a very normal Modern Hebrew word order:

• קבלן השיפוצים = subject
• כתב = verb
• את שם הגוון = direct object
• על המסקינג טייפ = prepositional phrase

So the structure is basically:

Subject + Verb + Object + Prepositional phrase

Hebrew word order can be somewhat flexible, but this version is very natural and straightforward.

For example, you could also see a sentence beginning with the verb in some contexts, but the version you have is simple and standard.

Grammatically, yes, that is the literal structure. But in most real contexts, native speakers would understand it as the renovation contractor.

Hebrew construct phrases often sound more literal if translated word-for-word than they do in actual usage.

So while contractor of the renovations is useful for understanding the grammar, the natural English translation is usually:

• the renovation contractor
• the remodeling contractor

That is the meaning a learner should usually keep in mind.