המוסך קרוב.

A common pronunciation is:

ha-musákh karóv

• ה = ha- = the
• מוסך = musákh = garage
• קרוב = karóv = near / close

A rough English-friendly pronunciation would be:

hah-moo-SAKH kah-ROV

Notes:

• The kh sound at the end of מוסך is like the ch in German Bach or Hebrew ח.
• The stress is usually on the last syllable of both musákh and karóv.

מוסך usually means garage, especially an auto repair shop or car garage.

So in everyday Hebrew, המוסך often means:

• the garage
• the repair shop
• the mechanic’s garage

The exact English translation depends on context, but garage is the standard basic meaning.

The ה is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

So:

• מוסך = a garage / garage
• המוסך = the garage

This is very common in Hebrew: instead of a separate word like English the, Hebrew usually adds ה־ to the beginning of the noun.

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

So:

• המוסך קרוב literally looks like the garage near
• but it means the garage is near / the garage is close

This is normal Hebrew grammar. In the present tense, Hebrew often leaves out is / am / are.

Compare:

• הילד עייף = The boy is tired
• החנות פתוחה = The store is open
• המוסך קרוב = The garage is near

Great question. The difference is between:

1. a full sentence
2. a noun phrase

1. In your sentence:

המוסך קרוב = The garage is near

Here, קרוב is the predicate adjective, so it does not take ה.

2. If you say:

המוסך הקרוב

that means the nearby garage or the close garage

Here, הקרוב describes the noun directly inside a noun phrase, so it does take ה to match the definite noun.

So:

• המוסך קרוב = The garage is near
• המוסך הקרוב = the nearby garage

This is a very important distinction in Hebrew.

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

So:

• masculine singular: קרוב
• feminine singular: קרובה
• masculine plural: קרובים
• feminine plural: קרובות

Since מוסך is masculine singular, the correct form is:

המוסך קרוב

If the noun were feminine, you would use קרובה. For example:

• התחנה קרובה = The station is near

It can mean both near and close, depending on context.

So המוסך קרוב can be translated as:

• The garage is near
• The garage is close
• The garage is nearby

All of these are natural translations.

Yes. This is a very normal Hebrew sentence.

The structure is:

the noun + adjective

So:

• המוסך = the garage
• קרוב = near / close

Together: המוסך קרוב = The garage is near

This is a standard way to make simple present-tense sentences in Hebrew.

Yes. Very often קרוב is followed by ל־ meaning to.

For example:

• המוסך קרוב לבית = The garage is close to the house
• בית הספר קרוב לים = The school is close to the sea

So by itself, קרוב can mean near / nearby, and with ל־ it can mean close to a specific place.

You would usually say:

מוסך קרוב

Hebrew often leaves nouns indefinite without a word for a/an.

So:

• מוסך = a garage / garage
• המוסך = the garage

That means:

• מוסך קרוב = A garage is near or A garage is nearby
• המוסך קרוב = The garage is near

No, not as written.

המוסך קרוב is a complete sentence: The garage is near

If you want the nearby garage, you would say:

המוסך הקרוב

That extra ה on קרוב changes it from a sentence into a noun phrase.

So this is an important contrast:

• המוסך קרוב = The garage is near
• המוסך הקרוב = the nearby garage

Yes. מוסך is generally treated as masculine.

That is why it pairs with masculine adjectives like:

• מוסך גדול = a big garage
• המוסך סגור = the garage is closed
• המוסך קרוב = the garage is near

The plural of מוסך is usually:

• מוסכים = garages

Examples:

• המוסכים קרובים = The garages are near
• מוסכים טובים = good garages

Notice that the adjective also changes to plural:

• singular masculine: קרוב
• plural masculine: קרובים

It is completely normal everyday Hebrew.

It is short, simple, and natural. A Hebrew speaker could easily say this in conversation, especially if talking about location:

• איפה אפשר לתקן את הרכב?
• המוסך קרוב.

That would mean:

• Where can I get the car repaired?
• The garage is nearby.

So this is not unusually formal or literary; it is basic, practical Hebrew.