המשרה הזאת נשמעת טובה, אבל שעות העבודה לא כל כך נוחות.

They are related, but not identical.

• משרה means position, post, or job opening.
• עבודה means work or job in a broader sense.

So:

• המשרה הזאת = this position / this job
• שעות העבודה = the working hours / the work hours

A natural way to understand the sentence is:

• the position itself sounds good,
• but the hours are not very convenient.

Because in Hebrew, when you say this/that + noun, the noun is usually definite.

So Hebrew says:

• המשרה הזאת = this position
• literally, something like the position this

This is the normal Hebrew pattern:

• הספר הזה = this book
• הילדה הזאת = this girl
• המשרה הזאת = this position

So the ה־ on משרה is required here.

That is the normal word order in Hebrew for this/that with a noun.

Hebrew usually says:

• the noun + this/that

Examples:

• הבית הזה = this house
• המכונית הזאת = this car
• המשרה הזאת = this position

This is different from English, which says this job, not job this.

Because משרה is a feminine singular noun, and the demonstrative must agree with it.

• masculine singular: הזה
• feminine singular: הזאת
• masculine/feminine plural: האלה

So:

• ספר is masculine → הספר הזה
• משרה is feminine → המשרה הזאת

Because it agrees with המשרה, which is feminine singular.

נשמעת is the feminine singular present form of נשמע.

Agreement in Hebrew works across the sentence:

• המשרה הזאת נשמעת טובה
• both the verb נשמעת and the adjective טובה match משרה

Compare:

• הספר הזה נשמע טוב = this book sounds good
• המשרה הזאת נשמעת טובה = this position sounds good

It comes from the root ש-מ-ע, related to hearing.

• לשמוע = to hear
• נשמע / נשמעת = sounds / is heard

In this sentence, נשמעת means sounds in the same way English says:

• That sounds good
• This job sounds good

So המשרה הזאת נשמעת טובה is very close to:

• This position sounds good

It can also carry a sense of seems or comes across as.

Because adjectives in Hebrew must agree with the noun they describe.

Since משרה is feminine singular, the adjective must also be feminine singular:

• masculine singular: טוב
• feminine singular: טובה
• masculine plural: טובים
• feminine plural: טובות

So:

• ספר טוב = a good book
• משרה טובה = a good position

This is a construct phrase in Hebrew, called סמיכות.

• שעות = hours
• העבודה = the work / the job

Together:

• שעות העבודה = the hours of the work
• more naturally: the working hours or the work hours

Important point: in a construct phrase, the first noun usually does not take ה־, even when the whole phrase is definite.

So Hebrew says:

• שעות העבודה not
• השעות העבודה

Because העבודה is definite, the whole phrase is understood as definite.

Because Hebrew usually does not use a present-tense form of to be in simple sentences like this.

So:

• שעות העבודה לא כל כך נוחות literally looks like:
• the work hours not so much convenient

But it means:

• the working hours are not very convenient

This is very normal in Hebrew.

Compare:

• הוא עייף = he is tired
• היא מורה = she is a teacher
• השעות נוחות = the hours are convenient

כל כך means so much, so, or that much, depending on context.

With לא, it often means:

• not so
• not that
• more naturally in English: not very or not all that

So:

• לא כל כך נוחות = not very convenient / not all that convenient

This is a very common Hebrew expression.

Examples:

• זה לא כל כך קשה = it is not so hard / not very hard
• אני לא כל כך רעב = I am not very hungry

Because it describes שעות, and שעות is feminine plural.

The singular is:

• שעה = hour

The plural is:

• שעות = hours

Since the noun is feminine plural, the adjective must also be feminine plural:

• נוחה = convenient/comfortable, feminine singular
• נוחות = convenient/comfortable, feminine plural

So:

• שעה נוחה = a convenient hour
• שעות נוחות = convenient hours

Both are possible translations of נוח / נוחה / נוחות, but in this sentence convenient is the better English choice.

For work hours, English usually says:

• comfortable hours less often
• convenient hours much more naturally

So:

• שעות העבודה לא כל כך נוחות = the working hours are not very convenient

Yes, but the meaning changes a little.

• זו משרה טובה = This is a good job/position
• המשרה הזאת נשמעת טובה = This position sounds good

The second one is weaker and more tentative. It suggests:

• based on what I have heard,
• it seems good,
• it sounds promising.

So נשמעת adds the idea of an impression, not a firm judgment.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

ha-mis-RA ha-ZOT nish-MA-at to-VA, a-VAL she-OT ha-a-vo-DA lo kol kakh no-KHOT

A few notes:

• משרה stresses the last syllable: mis-RA
• הזאת stresses the last syllable: ha-ZOT
• נשמעת is often heard as nish-MA-at
• שעות is she-OT
• נוחות is no-KHOT

In everyday modern Hebrew, הזאת is very common and natural.

You may also see זו in other sentence patterns, for example:

• זו משרה טובה = this is a good position

But after a noun, the normal everyday form is:

• המשרה הזאת

So in this sentence, הזאת is exactly what you would expect.