Word
באמצע הפגישה היא קיבלה הודעה מהמורה.
Meaning
In the middle of the meeting, she got a message from the teacher.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about באמצע הפגישה היא קיבלה הודעה מהמורה.
What does באמצע mean, and is it one word or two?
באמצע is written as one word. It is made from the preposition ב־ (in / at) plus אמצע (middle).
So באמצע means in the middle of.
In this sentence, באמצע הפגישה means in the middle of the meeting.
Why is it באמצע הפגישה and not באמצע של הפגישה?
Because אמצע הפגישה is a very normal Hebrew structure called a construct chain.
It literally works like:
- אמצע הפגישה = the middle of the meeting
In Hebrew, this kind of X of Y idea is often made without של.
So:
- אמצע הפגישה = natural
- באמצע הפגישה = natural
- באמצע של הפגישה = usually unnatural here
A useful pattern to remember:
- אמצע היום = the middle of the day
- סוף השיעור = the end of the lesson
- תחילת הסרט = the beginning of the movie
Why doesn’t אמצע have ה־ on it? Why not something like בהאמצע?