Breakdown of הנימוק שלה היה ברור מספיק כדי שאבין למה היא סירבה.
היא
she
להבין
to understand
למה
why
להיות
to be
Questions & Answers about הנימוק שלה היה ברור מספיק כדי שאבין למה היא סירבה.
What does הנימוק mean here? Is it the same as סיבה?
Not exactly.
נימוק usually means reasoning, justification, or argument—the explanation someone gives to support what they did or said.
סיבה is more general and often means simply reason or cause.
So in this sentence, הנימוק שלה is not just her reason in a broad sense, but more specifically the explanation/justification she gave.
Why is it הנימוק שלה and not just נימוק שלה?
Because the phrase is definite: it means her reasoning, meaning a specific reasoning.
In Hebrew, when a noun is followed by של + pronoun to show possession, the noun is often made definite with ה:
- הנימוק שלה = her reasoning
- הספר שלי = my book
Without ה, נימוק שלה would sound less standard in most contexts, or it could suggest something like a reason of hers, which is not what this sentence wants.
How does שלה work grammatically?