לפעמים פשרה טובה יותר מוויכוח ארוך.

Because this is a present-tense nominal sentence. In Hebrew, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense, so פשרה טובה יותר מוויכוח ארוך literally looks like a compromise better than a long argument, but it means a compromise is better than a long argument.

If you changed the sentence to the past or future, you would normally use forms of היה:

• פשרה הייתה טובה יותר... = a compromise was better...
• פשרה תהיה טובה יותר... = a compromise will be better...

Because Hebrew adjectives agree with the noun they describe in gender and number.

• פשרה is a feminine singular noun, so its adjective is טובה
• וויכוח is a masculine singular noun, so its adjective is ארוך

So:

• פשרה טובה = a good compromise
• וויכוח ארוך = a long argument

If the nouns changed, the adjectives would change too:

• פשרות טובות = good compromises
• וויכוחים ארוכים = long arguments

יותר is the usual word for making a comparison, like more in English. Hebrew often forms comparatives with:

adjective + יותר + מ־

So:

• טובה יותר = better / more good
• ארוך יותר = longer
• מעניין יותר = more interesting

In this sentence, טובה יותר מ... means better than...

Yes. Both טובה יותר and יותר טובה are used.

In many everyday spoken sentences, יותר טובה sounds very natural. The version in your sentence, טובה יותר, is also completely natural and can sound a little more neutral or slightly more formal/written.

So both of these work:

• פשרה טובה יותר מוויכוח ארוך
• פשרה יותר טובה מוויכוח ארוך

Here מ־ means than in a comparison, even though its basic meaning is often from.

After comparative expressions such as יותר, Hebrew uses מ־:

• גדול יותר ממני = bigger than me
• מהיר יותר מהרכבת = faster than the train
• טובה יותר מוויכוח ארוך = better than a long argument

So in this sentence, מוויכוח means than an argument / than a long argument.

This is a spelling issue in unpointed modern Hebrew. When a word begins with a consonantal v sound, Hebrew often writes ו ו to make that clear.

So after the prefix מ־, you get:

• מוויכוח

This does not mean you pronounce two v sounds. It is still just one v sound.

You may also see older or less fully spelled forms in some texts, but מוויכוח is a normal modern spelling.

Because the sentence is making a general statement, not talking about one specific compromise or one specific argument.

Hebrew often leaves nouns indefinite in broad statements like this:

• פשרה = a compromise / compromise
• וויכוח ארוך = a long argument

If you meant specific ones, you would add ה־:

• לפעמים הפשרה טובה יותר מהוויכוח הארוך = sometimes the compromise is better than the long argument

So the version without ה־ is the natural way to express a general idea.

Usually, you would not. In a simple present-tense sentence like this, Hebrew normally leaves out both is and any subject pronoun like היא.

So:

• לפעמים פשרה טובה יותר מוויכוח ארוך = natural
• לפעמים פשרה היא טובה יותר מוויכוח ארוך = possible, but more marked and less natural in an ordinary neutral sentence

Adding היא can sound emphatic or stylistically heavier.

לפעמים is an adverb meaning sometimes, and putting it first is very natural in Hebrew. It sets the frame for the whole sentence right away.

So the structure is basically:

• לפעמים = sometimes
• פשרה = a compromise
• טובה יותר מוויכוח ארוך = is better than a long argument

You can move adverbs in Hebrew more than in English, but the sentence-initial position is very common and natural here.

It can describe both. Just like English long, Hebrew ארוך can refer to physical length or to duration.

So וויכוח ארוך means a long / lengthy argument, not a physically long object. This is a very normal use of ארוך.

A rough pronunciation is:

lif'amim pshara tova yoter mi-vikuach arokh

A few tricky points:

• לפעמים: the ע creates a slight break in the middle, so it is roughly lif-amim
• פשרה begins with psh-, which can feel unusual for English speakers
• וויכוח ends with ח, a throaty sound like the ch in German Bach or Scottish loch
• ארוך ends with that same ח sound

You do not need to pronounce two v sounds in מוויכוח even though it is spelled with two ו letters.

It is:

adverb + subject noun + comparative adjective phrase

So:

• לפעמים = adverb
• פשרה = subject
• טובה יותר מוויכוח ארוך = predicate describing the subject

A very literal breakdown would be:

• Sometimes
• a compromise
• better than a long argument

That is a very common Hebrew sentence pattern, especially in the present tense.