Questions & Answers about חבל שהפגישה נדחתה שוב.
Yes, חבל literally can mean rope or cord, but in this sentence it means it’s a shame, what a pity, or too bad.
This is a very common Hebrew expression:
- חבל ש... = It’s a shame that...
- חבל על הזמן = literally a shame about the time, but idiomatically it can mean something like awesome / unbelievable in colloquial Hebrew, depending on context.
So in חבל שהפגישה נדחתה שוב, חבל is not the noun rope. It is an expression of regret.
The ש is the Hebrew conjunction meaning that.
So:
- חבל ש... = It’s a shame that...
- שהפגישה = that the meeting...
Hebrew often attaches this ש directly to the following word, instead of writing it as a separate word.
So:
- ש + הפגישה
- becomes שהפגישה
This is very normal and extremely common in Hebrew.