נורת האזהרה אדומה.

The warning light is red.

Breakdown of נורת האזהרה אדומה.

• אדום: red
• נורת אזהרה: warning light

Questions & Answers about נורת האזהרה אדומה.

Why is the first word נורת and not נורה?

נורת is the construct form of נורה. Hebrew often links two nouns by putting the first noun into a special form called the construct state.

So:

נורה = a light / bulb / lamp
נורת האזהרה = literally the light of the warning, naturally the warning light

In this pattern, נורה changes to נורת.

Why does only אזהרה have ה־? Why not הנורת האזהרה?

In a construct chain, the first noun usually does not take ה־. Instead, definiteness is marked on the second noun, and that makes the whole phrase definite.

So:

נורת אזהרה = a warning light
נורת האזהרה = the warning light

הנורת האזהרה is not the standard form.

Is there an invisible word like of in נורת האזהרה?

Yes, in a sense. The construct chain often corresponds to English of.

So נורת האזהרה can be understood literally as the light of the warning. But in natural English we usually say the warning light rather than the light of the warning.