החייט תפר את המכפלת מבלי שהתפר נפרם.

No. These are two different words that happen to be written the same way without vowel marks.

• תפר after החייט is a verb: he sewed.
• התפר later in the sentence is a noun: the seam or the stitch.

So in unpointed Hebrew, the same consonants can represent different words. Context tells you which one it is.

Because of the sentence structure.

• החייט = the tailor
• Then comes תפר, which fits naturally as a past-tense verb: sewed
• Then את המכפלת gives the direct object: the hem

So the pattern is:

subject + verb + direct object
החייט תפר את המכפלת = The tailor sewed the hem

Also, in dictionary form the verb is usually לתפור = to sew.

את marks a definite direct object. It does not have a direct English equivalent, so it is often not translated.

Here:

• תפר = sewed
• את המכפלת = the hem as the thing being sewn

Hebrew uses את before a direct object when that object is definite, such as:

• with ה־: המכפלת = the hem
• with a possessive suffix
• with a proper name

So את is there because המכפלת is definite.

מכפלת means hem.

It comes from the idea of something folded over. In clothing, a מכפלת is the folded edge of a garment that is sewn in place.

So:

• המכפלת = the hem

This is a useful clothing-related noun to remember.

מבלי means without.

It introduces the idea that something happened without something else happening.

In this sentence:

• מבלי שהתפר נפרם = without the seam/stitch coming undone

A very common pattern is:

מבלי ש... = without ... / without the fact that ...

It is a somewhat formal or written style. In everyday speech, people may also use other ways to express without.

Because here מבלי is followed by a clause, not just a noun or infinitive.

The clause is:

שהתפר נפרם = that the seam came undone / unraveled

The ש־ links the clause to מבלי.

So:

• מבלי
  • noun/other structure can sometimes work in some contexts
• but here you have a full clause: the seam unraveled
• therefore Hebrew uses מבלי ש־...

You can think of it as roughly:

without it happening that...

Even though that sounds unnatural in English, it helps explain the Hebrew structure.

ש־ is a very common Hebrew connector. It often means that, which, or who, depending on context.

Here it introduces the clause after מבלי:

• שהתפר נפרם = that the seam unraveled / came apart

So in this sentence, ש־ helps connect the subordinate clause to מבלי.

נפרם means came undone, unraveled, or came apart at the seam.

It is a past-tense verb form, masculine singular.

So:

• התפר נפרם = the seam came undone

This is different from someone actively tearing it on purpose. It usually describes a seam or stitched area loosening, fraying, or unraveling.

It is from the נפעל binyan, which often has a passive, reflexive, or intransitive feel.

Here that makes sense:

• פרם can relate to unpicking or undoing stitching
• נפרם means something like came undone or was unraveled

In this sentence, the seam is not doing the action to something else. It is itself the thing that ends up undone. So נפרם works well as an intransitive result-type verb.

Because תפר is a masculine singular noun.

So the verb agrees with it in gender and number:

• התפר = masculine singular
• נפרם = masculine singular past

If the noun were feminine singular, the verb would usually be feminine singular too.

Mostly yes, in this sentence.

The order is:

• החייט = the tailor
• תפר = sewed
• את המכפלת = the hem
• מבלי שהתפר נפרם = without the seam coming undone

So the sentence is built in a way that is quite manageable for English speakers:

subject + verb + object + added clause

That said, Hebrew can be more flexible than English in word order, especially in literary or formal language.

Because ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

So:

• חייט = tailor
• החייט = the tailor

The same happens with:

• מכפלת = hem
• המכפלת = the hem
• תפר = seam
• התפר = the seam

Yes, depending on context.

The noun תפר can refer to:

• a seam
• a stitch
• the sewn joining line in fabric

In this sentence, the seam is probably the most natural translation, because the tailor is sewing a hem. But the stitch is not impossible if that is how the larger context understands it.

With vowel marks, the ambiguity becomes clearer:

• הַחַיָּט תָּפַר אֶת הַמִּכְפֶּלֶת מִבְּלִי שֶׁהַתֶּפֶר נִפְרַם

This helps because:

• תָּפַר = he sewed
• תֶּפֶר = seam

Without vowel marks, both are written תפר, so learners have to rely on context.

Yes, slightly.

The part מבלי ש־... feels a bit more formal or written than very casual everyday speech.

A native speaker would understand it easily, but in conversation you may also hear simpler alternatives depending on the exact meaning.

So this is good Hebrew, but it has a somewhat polished written feel rather than a very colloquial one.