השמאי מגיע מחר.

The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, equivalent to the in English.

So:

• שמאי = appraiser / assessor
• השמאי = the appraiser / the assessor

In this sentence, it tells you we are talking about a specific appraiser, not just any appraiser.

It is pronounced roughly ha-sha-MAI, with the stress on the last syllable.

A simple breakdown is:

• ה = ha
• שמאי = sha-MAI

So the whole word is ha-sha-MAI.

Hebrew often uses the present tense to talk about a planned, expected, or scheduled future event, especially in everyday speech.

So השמאי מגיע מחר is natural Hebrew and can mean something like:

• The appraiser is coming tomorrow
• The appraiser arrives tomorrow

This is similar to English sentences like I’m leaving tomorrow or The train leaves tomorrow, where a present form refers to the future.

Yes. השמאי יגיע מחר is also correct.

There is a small nuance:

• השמאי מגיע מחר = often sounds a bit more like a planned or expected arrival
• השמאי יגיע מחר = straightforward future, often a bit more neutral or formal

In many situations, both are fine.

The dictionary form is להגיע, which means to arrive or to reach.

Some useful forms are:

• להגיע = to arrive
• הגיע = he arrived
• יגיע = he will arrive
• מגיע = arriving / arrives / is coming

So מגיע here is the masculine singular present form of להגיע.

Because it agrees with the subject השמאי, which is masculine singular.

Hebrew verbs in the present tense agree with the subject in gender and number.

Here are the matching present-tense forms:

• מגיע = masculine singular
• מגיעה = feminine singular
• מגיעים = masculine plural
• מגיעות = feminine plural

So if the subject changed, the verb would change too. For example:

• השמאית מגיעה מחר = the female appraiser is arriving tomorrow
• השמאים מגיעים מחר = the appraisers are arriving tomorrow

מחר means tomorrow. It gives the time of the action.

Hebrew often places time words like this after the verb, so:

• השמאי מגיע מחר

is a very normal word order.

It answers the question when?

Yes. Hebrew word order is fairly flexible, especially with time expressions.

For example, you could also say:

• מחר השמאי מגיע

This gives מחר a bit more emphasis, like Tomorrow, the appraiser is coming.

But the most neutral, straightforward version is:

• השמאי מגיע מחר

Not always. מגיע can also appear in expressions meaning deserves or is due, such as:

• מגיע לי = I deserve it / It is due to me

But in השמאי מגיע מחר, because the subject is a person and there is a time word מחר, the meaning is clearly arrives / is coming.

It can match either one, depending on context.

Hebrew present tense often covers several English possibilities, including:

• arrives
• is arriving
• is coming

So השמאי מגיע מחר could be translated naturally in English in more than one way. The exact choice depends on the style of English you want.

Because מגיע is already a full verb meaning arrives / is arriving / comes.

In other words, the sentence is not missing anything. Hebrew does not need an extra word like is here, because the verb itself already expresses the action.