המגבה כבד.

In Hebrew, simple present-tense sentences often have no separate word for is / am / are.

So:

• המגבה כבד = The jack is heavy / The collector is heavy / whatever meaning your lesson gave

This is called a nominal sentence.

Compare:

• Present: המגבה כבד = The ... is heavy
• Past: המגבה היה כבד = The ... was heavy
• Future: המגבה יהיה כבד = The ... will be heavy

So the sentence is complete even without a written word for is.

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

So:

• מגבה = a jack / a collector / etc. (depending on the word intended)
• המגבה = the jack / the collector / etc.

Unlike English, Hebrew usually attaches the directly to the noun as a prefix.

Because כבד here is not part of the noun phrase the heavy .... It is the predicate of the sentence, meaning is heavy.

So:

• המגבה כבד = The ... is heavy
• המגבה הכבד = the heavy ...

That is a very important difference in Hebrew:

• noun + adjective with ה on both = a noun phrase
• noun + adjective without ה on the adjective = usually a full sentence in the present tense

So המגבה הכבד is not the same as המגבה כבד.

It is an adjective meaning heavy, but in this sentence it functions as the predicate.

Hebrew often uses adjectives this way in present-tense sentences:

• הספר מעניין = The book is interesting
• הילד עייף = The boy is tired
• המגבה כבד = The ... is heavy

So even though English uses is + adjective, Hebrew often just uses noun + adjective.

Because כבד is the masculine singular form of the adjective.

Hebrew adjectives agree with the noun in:

• gender
• number
• sometimes definiteness when they are attributive

Here, כבד shows that המגבה is being treated as masculine singular.

If the noun were feminine singular, you would normally expect:

• כבדה

So a feminine version would look like:

• המגבה כבדה = The ... is heavy if that noun were feminine

Often yes, but not always.

Many Hebrew nouns ending in ־ה are feminine, but there are exceptions. Noun gender in Hebrew is something you often have to learn with each word.

In this sentence, the adjective כבד tells you that the noun is being treated as masculine.

So this is a good reminder:

• spelling can suggest gender
• agreement tells you the actual gender used in the sentence

This is a very common Hebrew-learner question.

Most everyday Hebrew is written without niqqud (vowel marks), so one spelling can sometimes match more than one word. Readers use:

• context
• meaning
• familiar vocabulary
• sometimes a dictionary or the lesson’s audio

So with המגבה, the exact reading depends on the meaning your lesson already gave you. The unpointed spelling by itself may be ambiguous.

That is normal in Hebrew.

Usually, in a simple sentence like this, no extra pronoun is needed.

The most natural everyday form is:

• המגבה כבד

Adding הוא can sound unnecessary here. Hebrew normally does not use הוא / היא as a regular present-tense is before an adjective.

So for a basic sentence, stick with:

• המגבה כבד

Yes. The normal order here is:

• subject + predicate adjective

So:

• המגבה כבד = natural basic order

If you change the structure to:

• המגבה הכבד

that is no longer a sentence meaning The ... is heavy. It becomes a noun phrase meaning the heavy ...

So the sentence pattern matters a lot.