Questions & Answers about המעשה הזה היה אמיץ.
What does each word in המעשה הזה היה אמיץ do grammatically?
- המעשה = the act / the deed
- Base noun: מעשה
- ה־ makes it definite: the
- הזה = this
- It describes המעשה
- היה = was
- אמיץ = brave
So the structure is:
[the act] [this] [was] [brave]
That is normal Hebrew word order for this/that with a noun.
Why does הזה come after the noun instead of before it?
In Hebrew, demonstratives like this and that usually come after the noun:
- הספר הזה = this book
- הילד הזה = this boy
- המעשה הזה = this act
This is different from English, where we say this act.
So a literal word-for-word order would feel more like:
the-act this was brave
Why do both המעשה and הזה have ה־?