הנהגת איבדה שליטה.

A good approximate pronunciation is:

ha-na-HE-get eev-DAH shlee-TAH

A more detailed breakdown:

• הנהגת = ha-na-HE-get
• איבדה = eev-DAH
• שליטה = shlee-TAH

Here, הנהגת means the female driver.

The base word is נהגת = female driver.
With ה־ added at the beginning, it becomes the female driver.

Because it is a feminine singular noun.

In Hebrew, many feminine nouns end in ־ה, but many others end in ־ת. Profession words and role words often do this.

So:

• נהג = male driver
• נהגת = female driver

This ־ת ending is completely normal.

ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, equivalent to the in English.

So:

• נהגת = a female driver
• הנהגת = the female driver

Hebrew usually attaches the directly to the word instead of using a separate word.

Because the subject is feminine singular.

Hebrew past tense verbs change according to:

• person
• number
• gender

Since הנהגת is she / feminine singular, the verb must match it:

• איבד = he lost
• איבדה = she lost

So הנהגת איבדה is grammatically matched.

It is past tense.

More specifically, it is 3rd person feminine singular past:

• 3rd person = she
• feminine singular = one female subject
• past = the action already happened

So איבדה means she lost.

Because את is normally used only before a definite direct object.

Here, שליטה is not definite. It is being used in the common expression:

לאבד שליטה = to lose control

So the sentence uses:

• איבדה שליטה

not:

• איבדה את שליטה — this is not correct
• איבדה את השליטה — possible in some contexts, but less neutral here

The version without את is the natural one in this sentence.

Because Hebrew often leaves abstract nouns indefinite in set expressions.

This is similar to English:

• lose control not usually
• lose the control

So:

• איבדה שליטה = the normal expression

If you said איבדה את השליטה, that would sound more like lost the control, which is possible only in a more specific context.

שליטה is a noun, not a verb.

It means control, mastery, or command, depending on context.

In this sentence it functions as the thing that was lost:

• איבדה = lost
• שליטה = control

So grammatically, it is the object/complement of the verb.

Yes, in Hebrew without vowel marks, some words can be ambiguous.

הנהגת could, in other contexts, be read differently as part of a phrase related to leadership / conduct. But in this sentence, that reading does not fit naturally.

Here, the correct reading is clearly:

• הנהגת = the female driver

That is because:

• it works naturally as the subject of the sentence
• it matches the feminine singular verb איבדה
• the whole sentence is a very common pattern: the driver lost control

Yes, this is the normal neutral word order:

subject + verb + object/complement

So:

• הנהגת = subject
• איבדה = verb
• שליטה = object/complement

This is the most straightforward way to say it.

Hebrew can sometimes change word order for emphasis or style, but הנהגת איבדה שליטה is the standard, natural order.

It would be:

הנהג איבד שליטה

Compare:

• הנהגת איבדה שליטה = the female driver lost control
• הנהג איבד שליטה = the male driver lost control

Both the noun and the verb change to match gender:

• נהגת / איבדה = feminine
• נהג / איבד = masculine