אלה נשים, והן עובדות ביחד במשרד.

woman

Breakdown of אלה נשים, והן עובדות ביחד במשרד.

• ו: and
• ב: in
• לעבוד: to work

Questions & Answers about אלה נשים, והן עובדות ביחד במשרד.

Why is there no word for are in אלה נשים?

In Hebrew, present-tense sentences often do not use a separate verb for to be.

So אלה נשים literally looks like these women, but it means These are women.

This is very normal in Hebrew:

• זה ספר = This is a book
• היא מורה = She is a teacher
• אלה נשים = These are women

If you wanted past or future, Hebrew would use forms of היה:

• הן היו נשים... = They were women...
• הן יהיו... = They will be...

What does אלה mean here, and can it be used for people?

Yes. אלה means these, and it can refer to people or things.

In this sentence, it points to a group of women:

• אלה נשים = These are women

A useful thing to know: אלה is the normal plural demonstrative, and in Modern Hebrew it works for both masculine and feminine plural nouns.

Is אלה the same as אלו?