יש ספל תה חם על השולחן, אבל אני לא רוצה לשתות ממנו עכשיו.

יש is the very common Hebrew way to say there is / there are or to express existence.

So:

• יש ספל תה חם על השולחן = There is a hot cup of tea on the table

Hebrew often uses יש where English uses there is. It does not change for singular/plural or gender:

• יש ספר = There is a book
• יש ספרים = There are books

So here, יש introduces the existence of the cup of tea.

Hebrew existential sentences often follow this pattern:

יש + noun phrase + location

So:

• יש ספל תה חם על השולחן = There is a hot cup of tea on the table

Literally, the order is something like:

• There is + a hot cup of tea + on the table

This is normal Hebrew structure. You do not need a separate word for there the way English does.

ספל תה means a cup of tea.

This is a noun-noun combination, sometimes called a construct-type relationship in meaning, even though here the first noun appears in its regular form. In everyday Hebrew, combinations like this are very common:

• כוס מים = a glass of water
• כוס תה = a cup/glass of tea
• ספל קפה = a mug/cup of coffee

So:

• ספל = cup / mug
• תה = tea

Together: ספל תה = a cup of tea

In this sentence, חם is masculine singular because it matches the noun it describes.

There is a slight ambiguity in theory, because both ספל and תה are masculine singular nouns. But in natural understanding, ספל תה חם means a hot cup of tea / a cup of hot tea.

The adjective חם is masculine singular:

• masculine singular: חם
• feminine singular: חמה
• masculine plural: חמים
• feminine plural: חמות

Since the relevant noun phrase is masculine singular, חם is the correct form.

השולחן means the table. The prefix ה־ is the definite article, equivalent to English the.

So:

• על שולחן = on a table
• על השולחן = on the table

In this sentence, the speaker is referring to a specific table, so השולחן is used.

Also note:

• על = on / on top of

So על השולחן = on the table.

אבל means but.

It connects the two parts of the sentence:

• יש ספל תה חם על השולחן = There is a hot cup of tea on the table
• אבל אני לא רוצה לשתות ממנו עכשיו = but I don’t want to drink from it now

So אבל works just like English but, introducing contrast.

This is a very common Hebrew pattern:

רוצה + infinitive = want to + verb

So:

• אני רוצה לשתות = I want to drink
• אני לא רוצה לשתות = I do not want to drink

Breaking it down:

• אני = I
• לא = not
• רוצה = want (masculine singular speaker)
• לשתות = to drink

If the speaker were female, she would usually say:

• אני לא רוצה לשתות in everyday speech is also very common
• but more fully, the adjective/participle can agree as רוצה for masculine and רוצה is also the usual written form without visible change here; in pronunciation/context the agreement is understood

Because רוצה is written the same in masculine and feminine singular, the form looks identical.

לשתות is the infinitive, meaning to drink.

After verbs like want, can, need, Hebrew usually uses the infinitive:

• רוצה לאכול = wants to eat
• יכול לבוא = can come
• צריך ללכת = needs to go

So here:

• רוצה לשתות = wants to drink

The ל־ at the beginning is the normal infinitive marker, often corresponding to English to.

This is a very important point.

לשתות ממנו literally means to drink from it.

Hebrew uses מן / מ־ (from) because with something like a cup, mug, bottle, or glass, you typically drink from the container, not drink the container itself.

So:

• ממנו = from it / from him
• here it means from it, referring to the cup of tea or the tea in the cup

If you said לשתות אותו, that would mean to drink it directly, which would fit better if it clearly referred to the tea itself, not the cup/container. But with ספל תה, Hebrew naturally prefers לשתות ממנו.

This is similar to English:

• drink from the cup not
• drink the cup

ממנו is a preposition plus a pronoun suffix.

Base preposition:

• מ־ / מן = from

With the pronoun he/it (masculine singular), it becomes:

• ממנו = from him / from it

Other similar forms include:

• ממנה = from her / from it (feminine)
• מהם = from them (masculine or mixed)
• מהן = from them (feminine)

So ממנו is not a separate random word; it is the preposition from attached to a pronoun.

עכשיו means now.

It is placed at the end here:

• אני לא רוצה לשתות ממנו עכשיו = I don’t want to drink from it now

That word order is very natural in Hebrew. Adverbs like עכשיו can often move around somewhat depending on emphasis:

• אני עכשיו לא רוצה לשתות ממנו
• עכשיו אני לא רוצה לשתות ממנו
• אני לא רוצה לשתות ממנו עכשיו

All can work, but the original sentence sounds very natural and neutral.

Hebrew is not leaving out a normal subject there; יש simply works differently from English.

In English, you say:

• There is a hot cup of tea on the table

The word there is a grammatical placeholder, not a real location in that sentence.

Hebrew does not need that placeholder. It simply says:

• יש ספל תה חם על השולחן

So nothing important is missing. That is just how Hebrew expresses existence.

Yes, that is a very reasonable translation.

A few words here are flexible in English:

• ספל can be cup or mug, depending on context
• לשתות ממנו can be drink from it or more naturally in English drink any of it, depending on what you want to emphasize

So several English versions could fit well:

• There is a hot cup of tea on the table, but I don’t want to drink from it now.
• There’s a hot mug of tea on the table, but I don’t want to drink any of it now.

The Hebrew itself is natural and straightforward.