הצמיג חדש.

In Hebrew, the verb to be is usually not written or spoken in the present tense.

So:

• הצמיג חדש. = The tire is new.

There is no separate word for is here. This is completely normal Hebrew.

But in the past or future, Hebrew does use forms of to be:

• הצמיג היה חדש. = The tire was new.
• הצמיג יהיה חדש. = The tire will be new.

The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

So:

• צמיג = a tire / tire
• הצמיג = the tire

It is attached directly to the noun, instead of being a separate word like English the.

Because Hebrew normally puts adjectives after the noun.

So the basic pattern is:

• noun + adjective

Examples:

• צמיג חדש = a new tire
• ספר מעניין = an interesting book

That is the normal Hebrew word order, even though English usually does the opposite.

Because צמיג is a masculine singular noun, and Hebrew adjectives must agree with the noun in gender and number.

So:

• masculine singular: חדש
• feminine singular: חדשה
• masculine plural: חדשים
• feminine plural: חדשות

Since צמיג is masculine singular, the correct form is:

• הצמיג חדש.

If the noun were feminine, you would use חדשה instead.

This sentence uses חדש as a predicate adjective: it tells you something about the subject.

• הצמיג חדש. = The tire is new.

In this structure, the adjective usually does not take ה־.

But when the adjective is directly describing the noun inside one noun phrase, then it does take ה־ if the noun is definite:

• הצמיג החדש = the new tire

So compare:

• הצמיג חדש. = The tire is new.
• הצמיג החדש = the new tire

That is a very important distinction in Hebrew.

A common pronunciation is:

• ha-tsmig kha-DASH

A few helpful notes:

• הצמיג = ha-tzmig or ha-tsmig
• The letter צ makes a ts sound.
• ח in חדש is a throaty sound, like the ch in German Bach or Scottish loch.
• The stress in חדש is usually on the last syllable: cha-DASH.

If pronouncing ח is difficult, many learners start with a simple h-like sound and improve over time.

It is singular.

• הצמיג = the tire (singular)
• חדש = new in masculine singular form

If you wanted the plural, you would say:

• הצמיגים חדשים. = The tires are new.

Notice that both the noun and adjective change in the plural.

The normal and most neutral order is:

• הצמיג חדש.

That is the standard way to say The tire is new.

Hebrew can sometimes change word order for emphasis or style, but for a learner, this is the pattern to use:

• subject + adjective

So it is best to learn this sentence exactly as written.

This is a nominal sentence in the present tense.

That means it has:

• a subject: הצמיג (the tire)
• a predicate: חדש (new)

And it does not use an overt present-tense verb meaning is.

This type of sentence is extremely common in Hebrew:

• הבית גדול. = The house is big.
• הילד עייף. = The boy is tired.
• המכונית מהירה. = The car is fast.

So הצמיג חדש. follows a very common Hebrew pattern.