המשי דהה אחרי הכביסה.

A natural pronunciation is:

ha-meSHI daHA a-khaREI ha-kviSA

A quick breakdown:

• המשי = ha-meSHI
• דהה = daHA
• אחרי = a-khaREI
• הכביסה = ha-kviSA

The kh sound in אחרי is the Hebrew ח sound.

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

So:

• משי = silk
• המשי = the silk
• כביסה = washing / laundry
• הכביסה = the washing / the laundry

Hebrew attaches the directly to the beginning of the noun instead of writing it as a separate word.

משי is masculine in Hebrew.

That matters because the verb agrees with it. Since המשי is masculine singular, the verb דהה is also in the masculine singular form.

דהה is a past tense verb, specifically 3rd person masculine singular.

Its dictionary form is לדהות, meaning to fade.

So המשי דהה means:

• the silk faded
• or the silk became faded

Here it is a verb: faded.

That is different from an adjective like דהוי, which means faded as a description.

So:

• המשי דהה = The silk faded / The silk became faded
• המשי דהוי = The silk is faded

אחרי means after.

It is a preposition, so it is followed directly by a noun phrase:

• אחרי הכביסה = after the washing / after the laundry / after the wash

You do not need another word for after or an extra preposition here.

כביסה can mean different but related things, depending on context:

• washing
• the wash
• laundry

In this sentence, אחרי הכביסה most naturally means after the washing or after the wash.

It comes from the root related to לכבס, meaning to wash clothes / do laundry.

With הכביסה, the sentence points to a specific washing event or the laundry process being referred to.

So:

• אחרי הכביסה = after the washing / after the wash
• אחרי כביסה would sound more general, more like after washing in a broad sense

Both can make sense in Hebrew, but אחרי הכביסה sounds more like a particular instance.

Hebrew allows more than one word order, but subject + verb is very natural here:

• המשי דהה אחרי הכביסה

This is straightforward and neutral: first the silk, then what happened to it.

A different order can also be possible in other contexts, but this version is completely normal and easy for learners to read.

Because Hebrew usually puts that information directly into the verb form.

In English, you might think in parts:

• subject: the silk
• past action/state change: faded

In Hebrew, דהה already contains the past-tense idea, so no extra helping verb is needed.

So המשי דהה is already a complete clause meaning the silk faded.