Questions & Answers about ליד השביל יש נחל קטן, ואפשר לשבת שם כמה דקות.
ליד means next to, beside, or near.
In this sentence, ליד השביל means next to the path or by the path.
A useful thing to know is that ליד is often followed directly by a noun:
- ליד הבית = next to the house
- ליד הנהר = next to the river
So ליד השביל is a very common Hebrew structure.
השביל means the path, while שביל means a path.
The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, equivalent to English the.
So:
- שביל = a path
- השביל = the path
In the sentence, the speaker is referring to a specific path, so Hebrew uses השביל.