בדקדוק של עברית לא תמיד קל לעבור מיחיד לרבים.

In Hebrew, very common prepositions attach directly to the following word as prefixes.

• ב־ = in / at / with / in the context of
• דקדוק = grammar

So בדקדוק means in grammar or in the grammar of.

This is completely normal Hebrew spelling. Instead of writing a separate word for in, Hebrew usually attaches it:

• בבית = in a house / at home
• בספר = in a book
• בדקדוק = in grammar

של is the common Hebrew way to show possession or an of relationship.

• דקדוק של עברית = grammar of Hebrew
• literally: grammar of Hebrew

A native English speaker expects something like Hebrew grammar, but Hebrew often expresses that idea with של.

That said, there are other possible ways to say it:

• דקדוק העברית = the grammar of Hebrew
• הדקדוק העברי = Hebrew grammar / the Hebrew grammar

The version with של is more everyday and transparent for learners, while the others may sound a bit more formal or compact.

Also, עברית itself is the noun Hebrew (the language), not an adjective here.

Hebrew often leaves out the verb to be in the present tense.

So where English says:

• It is not always easy

Hebrew can simply say:

• לא תמיד קל
• literally: not always easy

This is a very common Hebrew pattern. The adjective itself acts like the main predicate.

Examples:

• זה קשה = this is hard
• זה קל = this is easy
• לא תמיד קל = it’s not always easy

There is no need for a present-tense word meaning is.

Good question. Here קל does not describe עברית directly.

The phrase קל לעבור... means easy to move/change... or easy to go from... to.... This is an impersonal structure, similar to English it is easy to...

In this kind of Hebrew sentence, the adjective often appears in the masculine singular default form:

• קל להבין = easy to understand
• קשה לעשות = hard to do
• לא תמיד קל לעבור... = it is not always easy to move/change...

So קל is not agreeing with עברית. It is just the default adjective form in an impersonal expression.

לעבור basically means to pass, to move, or to go from one state/place to another.

In this sentence, it is used figuratively:

• לעבור מ־... ל־... = to move/change from ... to ...

So:

• לעבור מיחיד לרבים = to go from singular to plural

This is a natural Hebrew way to talk about changing grammatical form.

You can see the same pattern elsewhere:

• לעבור מדירה קטנה לגדולה = to move from a small apartment to a bigger one
• לעבור מעברית לאנגלית = to switch from Hebrew to English

These are nouns with prepositional prefixes attached.

• מ־ = from
• יחיד = singular
• ל־ = to
• רבים = plural

So:

• מיחיד = from singular
• לרבים = to plural

Together:

• מיחיד לרבים = from singular to plural

This מ־ ... ל־ ... pattern is very common in Hebrew for showing change:

• מיום ליום = from day to day
• מקטן לגדול = from small to big
• מעברית לאנגלית = from Hebrew to English

Because here they are being used as abstract grammar categories, not as specific countable things.

So Hebrew naturally says:

• מיחיד לרבים = from singular to plural

This is like English grammar explanations, where we also usually say from singular to plural, not from the singular to the plural unless we want a more technical or formal tone.

A more formal Hebrew phrasing with articles can exist in some contexts, but the version in the sentence is the normal, idiomatic one.

In Hebrew grammar terminology:

• יחיד = singular
• רבים = plural (masculine term)
• רבות can refer to feminine plural in some grammatical discussions

But very often רבים is used as the general grammar term for plural.

Historically and grammatically, these words are related to the adjectives:

• יחיד = single / individual
• רבים = many

So the grammar terms are built from ordinary Hebrew words.

The given sentence is natural, but Hebrew word order is fairly flexible.

The original:

• בדקדוק של עברית לא תמיד קל לעבור מיחיד לרבים.

puts בדקדוק של עברית first, which sets the topic: in Hebrew grammar.

A different order is also possible, for example:

• לא תמיד קל לעבור מיחיד לרבים בדקדוק של עברית.

This version sounds a bit more like It’s not always easy to go from singular to plural in Hebrew grammar.

So the original order is fine; it just foregrounds the area being discussed.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

be-dik-DOOK shel iv-REET lo ta-MEED kal la-a-VOR mi-ya-KHEED le-ra-BEEM

A more natural transliteration:

bedikduk shel ivrit lo tamid kal la'avor miyakhid lerabim

A few stress notes:

• דקדוק → stress on the last syllable: dikDUK
• עברית → ivRIT
• תמיד → taMID
• לעבור → la'aVOR
• יחיד → yaKHID
• רבים → raBIM

Hebrew stress is often on the final syllable, and this sentence follows that pattern in most of its content words.