Questions & Answers about באמצע הלילה הילדה הקטנה בוכה.
How is this sentence pronounced?
A simple transliteration is:
be'emtza ha-layla ha-yalda ha-ktana bokha
A few helpful notes:
- באמצע = be'emtza
- הלילה = ha-layla
- הילדה = ha-yalda
- הקטנה = ha-ktana
- בוכה here is pronounced bokha, because the subject is feminine
In normal speech, some vowels may sound a little reduced or faster than in careful transliteration.
What does באמצע consist of?
באמצע is made of two parts:
- ב = in
- אמצע = middle
So באמצע literally means in the middle.
Hebrew often attaches short prepositions like ב, ל, and כ directly to the following word.
Why is it באמצע הלילה and not something with ה on אמצע?