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PricingAboutSupportEnter two nouns and get the construct-state phrase, with the rule named, and a reminder that the definite article always lands on the second noun.
Unchanged in the construct state
Smichut (סמיכות, "construct state") is how Hebrew builds a "noun of noun" phrase, like bet sefer ("house of book" = school), without a separate word for "of".
On the second noun only: bet ha-sefer ("the school"), never ha-bet sefer. The first noun (in its construct form) never takes the article directly.