כשהקומקום מלא, קשה להרים אותו.

When the kettle is full, it is hard to lift it.

Breakdown of כשהקומקום מלא, קשה להרים אותו.

• כש: when
• אותו: it
• קשה: hard
• קומקום: kettle

Questions & Answers about כשהקומקום מלא, קשה להרים אותו.

What does כשה mean in כשהקומקום?

Here כשה־ means when the....

It is built from:

• כש־ = when
• ה־ = the

So כשהקומקום literally means when the kettle.

This is very common in Hebrew: short words like כש־, ב־, ל־, and ה־ often attach directly to the next word.

Why is there no separate word for is in הקומקום מלא?

In present-tense Hebrew, the verb to be is usually omitted.

So:

• הקומקום מלא literally looks like the kettle full
• but it means the kettle is full

This is completely normal Hebrew grammar.

Is מלא a verb here, or an adjective?