יש לה שליטה טובה במכונית.

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Breakdown of יש לה שליטה טובה במכונית.

• יש: there is
• לה: to her
• מכונית: car

Questions & Answers about יש לה שליטה טובה במכונית.

Why does Hebrew use יש לה for she has?

Because in the present tense, Hebrew usually expresses possession with יש + ל־.

So:

• יש = there is / there exists
• לה = to her

Literally, יש לה means there is to her, but in natural English that becomes she has.

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What exactly does לה mean?

לה is made of:

• ל־ = to / for
• ־ה = her

So לה literally means to her or for her.

In this sentence, it marks the person who possesses something.

Compare:

• יש לי = I have
• יש לו = he has
• יש לה = she has
• יש להם = they have

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Why isn’t היא used here?

Because לה already tells you who the possessor is: her.

Hebrew does not need a separate subject pronoun here the way English uses she.
So יש לה already means she has.

If you added היא, it would usually sound unnecessary or marked unless you were emphasizing something.

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