הנהגת בודקת את המהירות.

Because the subject is feminine singular.

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

So the sentence is specifically talking about a woman driver, not a man.

In Hebrew, the present-tense verb form usually agrees with the subject in gender and number.

Here:

• הנהגת = feminine singular
• בודקת = feminine singular present form of לבדוק (to check)

So בודקת matches הנהגת.

Compare:

• הנהג בודק = the male driver checks
• הנהגת בודקת = the female driver checks

בודקת comes from the verb לבדוק, meaning to check / to examine.

Useful related forms:

• לבדוק = to check
• בודק = checking / checks, masculine singular
• בודקת = checking / checks, feminine singular
• בודקים = checking / check, masculine plural or mixed group
• בודקות = checking / check, feminine plural

So בודקת is the feminine singular present-tense form.

את is the direct object marker. It usually appears before a definite direct object.

In this sentence:

• בודקת = checks
• את המהירות = the speed

So את does not have a separate English translation here. It just marks the speed as the thing being checked.

A very important point: Hebrew uses את only with a definite direct object, such as one with the, a name, or a possessive.

For example:

• בודקת מהירות = checks speed
• בודקת את המהירות = checks the speed

That ה is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

So:

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

and

• מהירות = speed
• המהירות = the speed

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

It can mean either one, depending on context.

Hebrew present tense often covers both:

• simple present: checks
• present progressive: is checking

So הנהגת בודקת את המהירות could mean either:

• the driver checks the speed
• the driver is checking the speed

You decide from context.

Yes. This is a very normal Hebrew word order:

• Subject: הנהגת
• Verb: בודקת
• Object: את המהירות

So it follows a straightforward subject–verb–object pattern.

Hebrew can sometimes change word order for emphasis, but this sentence is completely standard.

מהירות means speed.

It is related to the adjective:

• מהיר = fast, masculine
• מהירה = fast, feminine

So the noun מהירות is basically the abstract idea of speed / fastness.

In this sentence, המהירות means the speed.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

ha-na-HE-get bo-DE-ket et ha-me-hi-RUT

A few stress points:

• הנהגת → stress on HE
• בודקת → stress on DE
• המהירות → stress on the last syllable, RUT

Yes. Both the noun and the present-tense verb form would change to masculine singular:

• הנהג בודק את המהירות

So:

• הנהגת בודקת = the female driver checks
• הנהג בודק = the male driver checks

Yes, but normally only when the direct object is not definite.

Compare:

• הנהגת בודקת מהירות = the driver checks speed
• הנהגת בודקת את המהירות = the driver checks the speed

Since המהירות is definite because of ה, using את is the normal grammar here.

In this sentence, it is clearly the female driver.

However, Hebrew learners sometimes notice similar-looking words and get confused. For example:

• הנהגה = leadership / conduct
• הנהגת can also appear in other grammatical contexts related to that noun

But here, because of the sentence structure and the verb agreement, הנהגת is understood as the female driver.