זה בהחלט פרעוש.

A common pronunciation is:

ze behechlet par'osh

A few notes:

• זה = ze
• בהחלט = be-hech-LET
• פרעוש = par-OSH or par'OSH

Useful pronunciation tips for English speakers:

• ch / kh in behechlet is the throaty sound heard in German Bach or Scottish loch
• ע in פרעוש is often very weak or almost silent in modern Hebrew, so many learners just hear parosh
• Stress is usually on the last syllable in בהחלט and פרעוש

Here, זה means something like this, that, or it, depending on context.

In a sentence like זה בהחלט פרעוש, it often works very naturally as:

• This is definitely a flea
• That is definitely a flea
• It is definitely a flea

Hebrew often uses זה in simple identification sentences where English might prefer it.

Because in Hebrew, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

So instead of saying:

• This is definitely a flea

Hebrew simply says:

• זה בהחלט פרעוש

This kind of sentence is very common in Hebrew.

But in the past or future, Hebrew does use forms of to be:

• זה היה פרעוש = It was a flea
• זה יהיה פרעוש = It will be a flea

בהחלט means definitely, absolutely, or certainly.

In this sentence, it strengthens the statement:

• זה פרעוש = It is a flea
• זה בהחלט פרעוש = It is definitely a flea

So the speaker is not just identifying it, but doing so with confidence.

Without ה־, פרעוש is normally indefinite, so it means a flea.

So:

• פרעוש = a flea
• הפרעוש = the flea

That means זה בהחלט פרעוש is most naturally:

• This/that/it is definitely a flea

If you said זה בהחלט הפרעוש, it would mean something more like:

• This is definitely the flea

That version would only make sense in a specific context, where a particular flea is already known.

פרעוש is masculine.

That matters in some parts of Hebrew grammar, especially when adjectives, numbers, or pronouns agree with the noun.

In this sentence, though, the most important thing is that פרעוש itself is a masculine noun meaning flea.

Also, זה is the masculine singular form, so it fits well here.

Usually, not with פרעוש, because פרעוש is masculine.

The standard choice here is:

• זה בהחלט פרעוש

זאת is the feminine form of this/that.

However, learners should know that in real spoken Hebrew, זה is sometimes used very broadly, almost like a general this/it. Still, in standard grammar, זה is the expected form here.

The sentence as given is very natural:

• זה בהחלט פרעוש

This places בהחלט before the noun and emphasizes certainty.

Other word orders may be possible, but they can sound less neutral or shift the emphasis. For example:

• זה פרעוש בהחלט

This can work, but it sounds more marked and a bit less standard as a basic learner sentence.

So if you are learning the most natural everyday pattern, זה בהחלט פרעוש is a very good model.

Yes. It is natural and understandable Hebrew.

It sounds like something someone might say when identifying a bug and being quite sure:

• No, that’s not dirt — זה בהחלט פרעוש.

Both זה and בהחלט are very common words, and the whole sentence is a normal present-tense identification sentence.

Yes, and that is a very common thing for English speakers to notice.

English often requires a dummy subject like it:

• It is a flea

Hebrew often just uses זה in these situations:

• זה פרעוש

So when translating, do not force זה to mean only this every time. In actual use, it can cover several English possibilities, depending on context:

• this
• that
• it

That is why the best translation depends on the situation, not just the individual word.

With vowel marks, it would typically be written:

זֶה בְּהֶחְלֵט פַּרְעוֹשׁ

But in normal modern Hebrew writing, vowel marks are usually omitted, so the version you will normally see is:

זה בהחלט פרעוש.