No. 519 in Hebrew
כשהוא
"When he" or "when it."
In a sentence
כשהוא הלך הביתה, ירד גשם.
When he went home, it was raining.
Here, כשהוא is used as a conjunction meaning 'when he' to indicate an event happening in the past.
הוא אוהב לשמוע מוזיקה כשהוא מבשל.
He likes listening to music when he cooks.
In this sentence, כשהוא is used to show a simultaneous condition where one action happens during another.
כשהוא במצב רוח טוב, הוא מחייך יותר.
When he is in a good mood, he smiles more.
Here, כשהוא indicates a condition or state, translating as 'when he is' and describing a temporal or situational context.
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