בסלון יש שולחן גדול ליד החלון.

יש means there is or there are.

In this sentence, יש שולחן גדול means there is a big table.

Hebrew uses יש to express existence in the present:

• יש שולחן = There is a table
• יש שולחנות = There are tables

So בסלון יש שולחן גדול ליד החלון is built around the idea In the living room, there is a big table by the window.

Hebrew has no indefinite article. In other words, there is no separate word for a/an.

So:

• שולחן can mean a table
• השולחן means the table

That is why שולחן גדול naturally means a big table.

In Hebrew, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• שולחן גדול = literally table big
• חלון גדול = big window

This is normal Hebrew word order.

Also, the adjective must agree with the noun in gender and number.
Since שולחן is masculine singular, the adjective is גדול (also masculine singular).

For comparison:

• masculine singular: שולחן גדול
• feminine singular: מנורה גדולה
• masculine plural: שולחנות גדולים
• feminine plural: מנורות גדולות

The prefix ה־ means the.

So:

• חלון = window
• החלון = the window

In the sentence, ליד החלון means by the window or next to the window.

ב־ means in, and ה־ means the.

When ב־ is attached to a definite noun, it combines with ה־ instead of keeping it as a separate letter. So in the living room is written as בסלון.

In fully pointed spelling, this would be read as בַּסָּלוֹן.

So:

• סלון = living room
• בסלון = in the living room

A useful pattern:

• ב + ה... → combined form
• ל + ה... also combines
• כ + ה... also combines

This is very common in Hebrew.

Hebrew often puts the place or setting first, especially in sentences with יש.

So בסלון יש... is a very natural way to say:

• In the living room, there is...

It sets the scene first, then tells you what exists there.

You could rearrange some Hebrew sentences, but this order is especially common and natural for existential sentences.

ליד usually means next to, by, beside, or near, depending on context.

So:

• ליד החלון = by the window
• also possible in English: next to the window

It is a normal preposition and does not change here.

No. In present-tense Hebrew, יש is used for both singular and plural.

Examples:

• יש שולחן = There is a table
• יש שולחנות = There are tables

So unlike English, Hebrew does not switch between is and are here.

You would say השולחן הגדול.

When a noun is definite in Hebrew, the adjective usually becomes definite too.

So:

• שולחן גדול = a big table
• השולחן הגדול = the big table

This is an important pattern:

• a big X = noun + adjective, no ה
• the big X = ה on both the noun and the adjective

A common approximate pronunciation is:

ba-sa-LON yesh shul-KHAN ga-DOL le-YAD ha-kha-LON

A simple transliteration is:

Ba-salon yesh shulkhan gadol leyad ha-khalon.

A few notes:

• יש = yesh
• ח in שולחן and חלון is a throaty sound that English does not really have
• Stress is commonly near the end in words like סלון, גדול, חלון

Not exactly.

A more literal breakdown is:

• בסלון = in the living room
• יש = there is
• שולחן גדול = big table / a big table
• ליד החלון = by the window

So the Hebrew structure is very natural in Hebrew, even if the exact word-for-word order does not match English perfectly.

A very literal English version would be:

In the living room there is a big table by the window.

That is close to the original Hebrew structure.