Questions & Answers about התוצאה תיקו.
In Hebrew, the verb to be is usually left out in the present tense.
So:
התוצאה תיקו
literally: the result draw
natural English: The result is a draw / tie
This is called a nominal sentence.
But in other tenses, Hebrew does use a form of to be:
התוצאה הייתה תיקו = The result was a draw
התוצאה תהיה תיקו = The result will be a draw
The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.
So:
תוצאה = result
התוצאה = the result
In this sentence, התוצאה is a specific result, so it takes ה־.
Because תיקו here is the predicate noun: it tells you what the result is.
In English, we usually say:
The result is a draw
not
The result is the draw
Hebrew works similarly here. So:
התוצאה תיקו = The result is a draw / tie
If you added ה־ to תיקו, it would not sound right in this meaning.