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.

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.

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.

ראה here is past tense.

More specifically, it is:

• 3rd person
• masculine
• singular

So it means he saw.

The dictionary form is לראות = to see.

Hebrew uses את before a definite direct object, not before an indefinite one.

Here, עבירה is indefinite, so there is no את.

Compare:

• השופט ראה עבירה = The judge saw an offense
• השופט ראה את העבירה = The judge saw the offense

So the absence of את is completely normal here.

Yes. השופט is masculine singular.

The feminine form is:

• השופטת = the female judge

So:

• השופט ראה עבירה = The male judge saw an offense
• השופטת ראתה עבירה = The female judge saw an offense

Notice that the verb changes too:

• masculine: ראה
• feminine: ראתה

עבירה is a noun. It often means:

• offense
• violation
• transgression
• sometimes crime, depending on context

In legal or official contexts, it can refer to things like a traffic violation or another type of offense. The exact English translation depends on the situation.

Yes. This is a very normal Hebrew word order:

• השופט = subject
• ראה = verb
• עבירה = object

So it follows a standard Subject–Verb–Object pattern, just like English:

• The judge saw an offense

Hebrew can sometimes change word order for emphasis, but this sentence is in a neutral, straightforward order.

Yes, unpointed Hebrew can sometimes be ambiguous, because vowel marks are usually omitted.

But in this sentence, ראה is naturally understood as ra'ah = saw.

In context, that is the normal reading. Learners should get used to the fact that Hebrew often relies on context to make the intended form clear.

If you want to say the offense instead of an offense, you would usually write:

השופט ראה את העבירה

Here:

• את marks the definite direct object
• העבירה = the offense

So the contrast is:

• השופט ראה עבירה = The judge saw an offense
• השופט ראה את העבירה = The judge saw the offense

In the present tense, you would use רואה instead of ראה.

So:

• השופט רואה עבירה = The judge sees / is seeing an offense

Hebrew present tense often works for both simple present and present progressive, depending on context.

Compare:

• ראה = saw
• רואה = sees / is seeing

If the subject were plural, both the noun and the verb would change.

For masculine plural:

• השופטים ראו עבירה = The judges saw an offense

Breakdown:

• השופטים = the judges
• ראו = saw (plural)

So Hebrew verbs usually agree with the subject in gender and number, especially in the past tense.