הכלב נובח בלילה.

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Breakdown of הכלב נובח בלילה.

• כלב: dog
• לנבוח: to bark

Questions & Answers about הכלב נובח בלילה.

How do you pronounce הכלב נובח בלילה?

A common pronunciation is:

ha-kelev no-ve-aḥ ba-layla

A few notes:

• הכלב = ha-kelev
• נובח = no-ve-aḥ
• בלילה = ba-layla

The final sound ח in נובח is not an English h. It is a throat sound, like the ch in Scottish loch or German Bach.

Why does הכלב start with ה?

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

So:

• כלב = dog
• הכלב = the dog

In Hebrew, the is attached directly to the noun, not written as a separate word.

Why is the verb נובח and not some other form?

נובח is the masculine singular present-tense form of the verb לנבוח, which means to bark.

It matches הכלב, which is grammatically masculine singular.

Hebrew verbs in the present tense usually agree with the subject in:

• gender
• number

So here:

• הכלב נובח = the dog barks / is barking

If the subject were feminine, the verb would change.

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