בדקו האם לוח המקשים פותח את המנגנון.

direct object marker

Breakdown of בדקו האם לוח המקשים פותח את המנגנון.

• לפתוח: to open
• לבדוק: to check
• האם: whether

Questions & Answers about בדקו האם לוח המקשים פותח את המנגנון.

Why does בדקו mean check here? Doesn’t it also look like they checked?

Yes — בדקו is ambiguous in unpointed Hebrew.

It can be:

• badkú = they checked (past, 3rd person plural)
• bidkú = check! (imperative, plural)

In this sentence, the context makes it clear that it is an instruction, so it means check.

This is very common in Hebrew: without vowel marks, you often rely on context to tell whether a form is past or imperative.

Who is being addressed by בדקו?

בדקו is a plural command. It is addressed to:

• more than one person
• usually masculine plural, but in modern Hebrew it is also often used for mixed groups

If you were speaking to:

• one man: בדוק
• one woman: בדקי
• more than one woman: בדוקנה in very formal/old-style language, though modern Hebrew often avoids this and uses the common plural form in many contexts

So here the sentence is telling you all to check something.

What does האם do in this sentence?