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Questions & Answers about השופט ראה עבירה.
How do you pronounce השופט ראה עבירה?
A common pronunciation is:
ha-sho-FET ra-AH a-vei-RAH
A more detailed breakdown:
- השופט = ha-sho-FET
- ראה = ra-AH
- עבירה = a-vei-RAH
The stress is usually on the last syllable of each word here.
What does the ה at the beginning of השופט do?
The ה is the Hebrew definite article, equivalent to English the.
So:
- שופט = judge
- השופט = the judge
Hebrew usually attaches the directly to the beginning of the noun, instead of writing it as a separate word.
Why is there no word for a/an before עבירה?
Hebrew usually does not have a separate word for a/an.
That means:
- עבירה can mean an offense, a violation, or just offense/violation depending on context.
So in this sentence, עבירה is indefinite simply because it does not have the definite article ה.