הכלב צולע היום.

A common pronunciation is:

ha-kelev tzole'a hayom

A rough English guide:

• הכלב = ha-KE-lev = the dog
• צולע = tzo-LE-a = limping / lame
• היום = ha-YOM = today

Notes:

• צ sounds like ts in cats
• the ע at the end of צולע is often very weak or silent in modern Israeli Hebrew, but it can affect the syllable break

Because ה is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

So:

• כלב = dog
• הכלב = the dog

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

In the present tense, Hebrew usually does not use a separate word for am / is / are.

So instead of saying:

• The dog is limping today

Hebrew says literally something closer to:

• The dog limping today

This is completely normal Hebrew grammar.

It behaves like a present-tense verb form, but historically it is a participle.

In beginner-friendly terms, you can think of צולע here as meaning:

• limps
• is limping

It agrees with the subject in gender and number, which is one reason it can look a bit adjective-like.

Because צולע matches a masculine singular subject.

Here the subject is הכלב (the dog), which is grammatically masculine singular, so the present-tense form is:

• צולע = masculine singular

If the subject were feminine singular, you would use:

• צולעת

For example:

• הכלבה צולעת היום = The female dog is limping today

The root is צ-ל-ע.

This root is connected with limping or lameness. From it you get forms related to:

• to limp
• lame
• limping

Recognizing roots helps a lot in Hebrew, because many related words come from the same three-consonant root.

Yes, היום means today, and its position is fairly flexible.

This sentence:

• הכלב צולע היום

is natural and means:

• The dog is limping today

You could also say:

• היום הכלב צולע

That puts more emphasis on today, as in:

• Today, the dog is limping

So the end position is normal, but not the only possibility.

Yes. Depending on context, צולע can mean something like:

• limping
• lame

In this sentence, because of היום (today), many learners will naturally understand it as a temporary situation:

• The dog is limping today

Without context, it could sometimes also describe a more general condition.

No, not in this sentence.

Since הכלב (the dog) is already the subject, you do not need a separate pronoun.

So Hebrew says:

• הכלב צולע היום

not:

• הכלב הוא צולע היום

Adding הוא here would usually sound unnecessary or unnatural in ordinary speech.

It can mean both, depending on context.

Most often:

• היום = today

But in some contexts it can also mean:

• nowadays
• these days

In הכלב צולע היום, the most natural meaning is simply:

• today

You would change the present-tense form to match the subject.

For masculine plural:

• הכלבים צולעים היום
• The dogs are limping today

For feminine plural:

• הכלבות צולעות היום
• The female dogs are limping today

This is an important feature of Hebrew: the present-tense form agrees with gender and number.

Yes, pretty close.

Hebrew here is:

• הכלב = subject
• צולע = predicate / present-tense verbal form
• היום = time expression

So the structure is similar to:

• The dog limping today

or, in natural English:

• The dog is limping today

That makes this a fairly straightforward sentence for English speakers, except for the missing is.