הגרר חילץ את המכונית.

• הגרר = the tow truck. This is the subject.
• חילץ = rescued / extracted / pulled out. This is the verb.
• את = the direct object marker. It does not get translated into English.
• המכונית = the car. This is the direct object.

So the structure is:

the tow truck + rescued/pulled out + the car

את is used before a definite direct object in Hebrew.

Here, המכונית means the car, which is definite because it has ה־ (the) in front of it. That is why Hebrew uses את:

• הגרר חילץ את המכונית = The tow truck rescued the car

If the object were indefinite, את would usually disappear:

• הגרר חילץ מכונית = The tow truck rescued a car

English does not have an equivalent word, so את is usually not translated.

חילץ is past tense, third person masculine singular.

That means it matches a subject like:

• he
• it (for a masculine noun)
• a masculine singular noun like הגרר

So here, חילץ means rescued / extracted / pulled out in the past:

• The tow truck rescued/pulled out the car

In Hebrew, verbs often agree with the subject in gender and number.

The subject here is הגרר (the tow truck), which is grammatically masculine singular, so the verb is also masculine singular:

• הגרר חילץ

If the subject were feminine singular, the past tense form would be different. For example:

• המחלצת חילצה... = The female rescuer rescued...

So חילץ tells you the subject is grammatically masculine singular.

Yes, מכונית is a feminine singular noun.

But the verb does not agree with המכונית, because המכונית is the object, not the subject.

The verb agrees with הגרר (the tow truck), which is the subject:

• הגרר חילץ את המכונית

If you later referred to המכונית with an adjective or pronoun, that would be feminine:

• המכונית החדשה = the new car
• היא = she / it for a feminine noun

Yes. This is a very normal word order in modern Hebrew:

Subject + Verb + Object

• הגרר חילץ את המכונית

Hebrew can also use other word orders, especially in more formal or narrative styles. For example:

• חילץ הגרר את המכונית

That version is also possible, but it sounds a bit more literary or marked. For everyday neutral Hebrew, the original sentence is very natural.

Not exactly.

חילץ usually means rescued, extracted, freed, or pulled out. In the context of a vehicle, it often suggests that the car was stuck or needed recovery.

So this sentence sounds more like:

• the tow truck pulled the car out
• the tow truck recovered the car
• the tow truck rescued the car

If you specifically want towed, Hebrew often uses the verb גרר:

• הגרר גרר את המכונית = The tow truck towed the car

So חילץ and גרר are related in context, but not identical in meaning.

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

So:

• גרר = a tow truck / tow truck
• הגרר = the tow truck

and:

• מכונית = a car / car
• המכונית = the car

Because המכונית is definite, it also requires את before it.

A rough pronunciation is:

ha-grar khi-LETS et ha-mekho-NIT

A few notes:

• ח is pronounced like the ch in Scottish loch or German Bach, not like English ch in chair
• et is short and simple
• מכונית is usually stressed on the last syllable: mekho-NIT

If you are used to English sounds, ח is probably the trickiest part.

That is a very common learner question.

Most everyday Hebrew is written without vowel marks (niqqud), so readers rely on:

• vocabulary knowledge
• grammar
• context

A learner may not immediately know whether חילץ should be read as khiletz, but native readers usually recognize it from familiarity and context.

In this sentence, the common reading is חילץ = khiletz = rescued / extracted.

This is one of the normal challenges of learning to read unpointed Hebrew.

Yes, sometimes גרר can be used a bit loosely in context related to towing or vehicle recovery. But in a sentence like this, the most natural reading is the literal one:

הגרר = the tow truck

So a learner should understand the sentence as referring to the vehicle itself, unless context clearly suggests a towing service or recovery operation more generally.