Questions & Answers about בית הקפה ליד המשרד נפתח ב-10 ביום שבת.
Because בית is in the construct state here.
The basic word is בַּיִת (bayit) = house.
But in combinations like בית קפה (beit kafe) = coffee house / café, bayit changes to beit.
So:
- בַּיִת = a house
- בֵּית קפה = a coffee house / café
- בֵּית הקפה = the café
This change is very common with בַּיִת.
Because בית קפה is a construct phrase, and in Hebrew, when a construct phrase is definite, the definite article usually appears on the second noun, not the first.
So:
- בית קפה = a café
- בית הקפה = the café
Literally, this structure is something like house of coffee, but in normal modern Hebrew it simply means café.
So הבית קפה is not the standard form here.