אף על פי שרשימת הליקויים כוללת ליקוי בטיח, הוא לא תוקן.

אף על פי ש means even though, although, or despite the fact that. It introduces a clause that gives a contrast.

In this sentence:

אף על פי ש־רשימת הליקויים כוללת ליקוי בטיח, הוא לא תוקן.

the first part sets up the contrast: Even though the list of defects includes a plaster defect...

A very common equivalent in modern Hebrew is למרות ש, but אף על פי ש is also very common and slightly more formal in tone.

The ש here is the conjunction ש־, meaning that or functioning as part of fixed expressions like אף על פי ש.

In Hebrew, this ש־ is usually attached directly to the following word, so:

• אף על פי ש + רשימת becomes
• אף על פי שרשימת

This is completely normal Hebrew spelling.

This is a construct chain (called סמיכות in Hebrew).

• רשימה = a list
• רשימת = list of ...
• הליקויים = the defects

So רשימת הליקויים literally means the list of the defects, which in natural English is the list of defects.

A key point: in Hebrew construct chains, the first noun changes form and the definiteness is usually determined by the second noun. Since הליקויים has ה־ (the), the whole phrase is definite: the list of defects.

כוללת is the present-tense feminine singular form of לכלול, meaning to include.

It agrees with רשימת, which comes from רשימה, a feminine singular noun.

So:

• רשימה כוללת = a list includes
• הרשימה כוללת = the list includes

Even though ליקויים is plural, the verb agrees with the subject, and the subject here is רשימת הליקויים, whose head noun is רשימה.

ליקוי means defect, flaw, or deficiency.

In the sentence you see both:

• ליקויים = defects, flaws (plural)
• ליקוי = a defect, a flaw (singular)

So:

• רשימת הליקויים = the list of defects
• ליקוי בטיח = a defect in the plaster

This is very natural: the sentence first refers to the whole category (defects) and then to one specific defect (a plaster defect).

The prefix ב־ usually means in, on, or with, depending on context.

Here, בטיח means in the plaster or in plaster.

So:

• טיח = plaster
• ליקוי בטיח = a defect in the plaster / a plaster defect

Hebrew often uses ב־ where English would use in, with, or sometimes an adjective-like noun phrase.

הוא refers back to ליקוי בטיח.

So the meaning is: the plaster defect was not repaired/corrected.

This can feel slightly tricky because הוא literally means he or it, and English speakers may wonder what its antecedent is. Here it refers to the singular masculine noun ליקוי.

That is why the next verb is also masculine singular.

תוקן is the past-tense passive form of the verb לתקן (to repair, to fix, to correct).

• תיקן = he repaired / fixed
• תוקן = it was repaired / fixed

So:

• הוא לא תוקן = it was not repaired / it was not fixed

This is passive Hebrew. The sentence does not say who failed to repair it; it only says that it was not repaired.

לא תוקן is past tense: was not repaired.

Hebrew often uses the past here to state a result or completed non-action: the defect existed, but it was not fixed.

If you used a present-tense form, the meaning would be different. For example:

• הוא לא מתוקן would mean something more like it is not repaired / it is in an unrepaired state

But הוא לא תוקן clearly means the repair did not happen.

Because it agrees with הוא, which refers to ליקוי, and ליקוי is masculine singular.

Compare:

• masculine singular: הוא לא תוקן
• feminine singular: היא לא תוקנה
• masculine plural: הם לא תוקנו
• feminine plural: הן לא תוקנו

So the grammar is matching the noun ליקוי.

Yes, it is natural and formal-neutral Hebrew.

The structure is:

1. contrast clause: אף על פי ש...
2. main clause: הוא לא תוקן

This is a common pattern:

• אף על פי שX, Y
• Even though X, Y

The pronoun in the main clause is also natural, especially when referring back to a noun already mentioned. Hebrew does not always repeat the full noun phrase if the referent is clear.

Yes. Hebrew could also say:

אף על פי שרשימת הליקויים כוללת ליקוי בטיח, ליקוי זה לא תוקן.

This means: Even though the list of defects includes a plaster defect, this defect was not repaired.

Using ליקוי זה makes the reference more explicit.
Using הוא is shorter and perfectly acceptable as long as the reference is clear from context.

Yes. Words like רשימת, ליקויים, כוללת, and תוקן are very common in formal, technical, inspection, legal, or maintenance-related Hebrew.

This sounds like something from:

• a building inspection report
• a contractor’s report
• a quality-control document
• a complaint about repairs

So a learner should know that the sentence is normal Hebrew, but the vocabulary belongs to a somewhat formal or administrative register.