ביום שבת הרחוב בדרך כלל שקט יותר, וזה דווקא נעים.

In the present tense, Hebrew usually does not use a separate verb for to be.

So:

• הרחוב שקט = the street is quiet
• literally, Hebrew just says the street quiet

This is completely normal. In the past or future, Hebrew does use forms of to be:

• הרחוב היה שקט = the street was quiet
• הרחוב יהיה שקט = the street will be quiet

So the missing is is not missing at all by Hebrew standards.

Yes. ביום שבת means on Saturday / on Shabbat.

It is made of:

• ב־ = on / in
• יום = day
• שבת = Saturday / Shabbat

So literally it is something like on the day of שבת.

You could also say בשבת, and that is very common in everyday Hebrew. The difference is mostly stylistic:

• בשבת = shorter, very natural
• ביום שבת = a bit fuller or more explicit

In modern Hebrew, יום שבת usually just means Saturday as a calendar day.

Because in ordinary time expressions, Hebrew usually does not put the definite article ה־ on days of the week.

So you get:

• ביום ראשון = on Sunday
• ביום שני = on Monday
• ביום שבת = on Saturday

Adding ה־ would change the feel or meaning. In modern spoken Hebrew, השבת often means this coming Saturday / this Shabbat. In more biblical or formal language, יום השבת can mean the Sabbath day.

So in this sentence, ביום שבת is the normal everyday form.

Because הרחוב means the street, while רחוב means a street or just street in a more general sense.

Hebrew adds the definite article as a prefix:

• רחוב = a street
• הרחוב = the street

So the sentence is talking about a specific street, or a street that is understood from context.

Because הרחוב is a masculine singular noun, and Hebrew adjectives must agree with the noun they describe.

• רחוב is masculine singular
• so the adjective must also be masculine singular: שקט

Compare:

• הרחוב שקט = the street is quiet
• העיר שקטה = the city is quiet

So שקט is chosen simply because it matches הרחוב.

יותר is the usual Hebrew way to make a comparative: more.

So:

• שקט = quiet
• שקט יותר = quieter / more quiet

Hebrew does not usually add an -er ending the way English does. Instead, it uses יותר.

You can also add than with מ־:

• שקט יותר מהרגיל = quieter than usual
• שקט יותר מרחוב אחר = quieter than another street

Also, both of these are common in modern Hebrew:

• שקט יותר
• יותר שקט

The sentence uses שקט יותר, which is perfectly natural.

בדרך כלל is a very common expression meaning usually, generally, or as a rule.

Roughly speaking, it comes from:

• דרך = way
• כלל = rule / general principle

So the whole phrase is something like as a general rule.

In practice, though, it is best to learn בדרך כלל as one fixed expression meaning:

• usually
• generally

Examples:

• אני בדרך כלל קם מוקדם = I usually get up early
• הרחוב בדרך כלל שקט יותר = the street is usually quieter

That is a great question, because דווקא is one of those Hebrew words with several meanings depending on context.

Here, דווקא means something like:

• actually
• surprisingly
• contrary to what you might expect

So וזה דווקא נעים means:

• and that is actually pleasant
• and that is surprisingly nice

The idea is that maybe someone would expect a quieter street to feel boring, empty, or unusual, but the speaker says it is דווקא נעים — it turns out to be pleasant.

In other contexts, דווקא can also mean specifically / precisely, but that is not the main sense here.

Here זה refers to the whole previous idea: the fact that the street is usually quieter on Saturday.

So:

• וזה = and that
• נעים = pleasant / nice

Even though זה literally often means this, Hebrew uses it very naturally to point back to a whole situation, where English often says that.

So a very natural English translation is:

• and that’s actually pleasant

נעים here is a masculine singular adjective, meaning pleasant, nice, or agreeable.

That matches זה, which is treated as masculine singular in this kind of sentence.

So:

• זה נעים = that is pleasant
• זה לא נעים = that is unpleasant / that’s not nice

This is a very common pattern in Hebrew.

Hebrew word order is fairly flexible, but the version in the sentence sounds very natural.

The sentence begins with ביום שבת to set the time first:

• ביום שבת = on Saturday

Then it gives the subject:

• הרחוב = the street

Then the frequency phrase:

• בדרך כלל = usually

Then the description:

• שקט יותר = quieter

You can move some parts around, for example:

• ביום שבת בדרך כלל הרחוב שקט יותר
• הרחוב בדרך כלל שקט יותר ביום שבת

These are possible, but the original order is smooth and clear. It sounds like natural spoken or written Hebrew.

It is talking about Saturdays in general.

That is because of:

• ביום שבת = on Saturday / on Saturdays in a general sense
• בדרך כלל = usually

Together, they clearly express a repeated pattern, not a one-time event.

If the speaker wanted one specific Saturday, the sentence would usually need more context, such as:

• בשבת הזאת = this Saturday
• בשבת שעברה = last Saturday