היא בחרה צבע מסוים.

A common pronunciation is:

hi bachará tseva mesuyám

A more detailed breakdown:

• היא = hi = she
• בחרה = bachará = chose
• צבע = tseva = color
• מסוים = mesuyám = certain / specific

Notes:

• The ח in בחרה is a throat sound, like the ch in German Bach or Scottish loch.
• The stress is usually:
  • bachaRÁ
  • mesuYÁM

Because בחרה is the past tense, 3rd person singular feminine form of the verb לבחור (livchór) = to choose.

Since the subject is היא (she), the verb must match it:

• היא בחרה = she chose
• הוא בחר = he chose

So the -ה ending here marks the feminine singular past form.

The dictionary form is לבחור = to choose.

This verb comes from the root ב־ח־ר.

Some useful forms:

• לבחור = to choose
• בחרתי = I chose
• בחרת = you chose
• בחר = he chose
• בחרה = she chose
• בחרו = they chose

So בחרה is one conjugated form of the verb לבחור.

Because את is used before a definite direct object, and צבע מסוים here is indefinite.

Compare:

• היא בחרה צבע מסוים. = She chose a certain color.
• היא בחרה את הצבע המסוים. = She chose the certain/specific color.

In Hebrew, את usually appears only when the object is definite, often with ה־ (the), a proper name, or something otherwise clearly specific.

Because the sentence is talking about a certain color, not the color.

• צבע מסוים = a certain / some specific color
• הצבע המסוים = the specific color

Hebrew often leaves nouns without ה־ when they are indefinite, just like English uses a instead of the.

Because in Hebrew, adjectives usually come after the noun they describe.

So:

• צבע מסוים = literally color certain
• natural English: a certain color

This is the normal Hebrew pattern:

• בית גדול = a big house
• ילדה חכמה = a smart girl
• צבע מסוים = a certain/specific color

Because adjectives in Hebrew must agree with the noun in gender and number.

Here, צבע is masculine singular, so the adjective is also masculine singular:

• צבע מסוים = a certain color

Other forms would be:

• צבעים מסוימים = certain colors
• בחירה מסוימת = a certain choice
• מילים מסוימות = certain words

So מסוים matches צבע.

מסוים usually means certain, specific, or particular, depending on context.

In this sentence, צבע מסוים could mean:

• a certain color
• a specific color
• one particular color

It suggests that the person did not choose just any color, but one specific one.

Yes, very often.

Hebrew can say simply:

בחרה צבע מסוים.

Because the verb בחרה already shows that the subject is she.

Including היא can make the subject clearer or slightly more emphasized. Both are possible, but Hebrew often drops subject pronouns when the verb already makes the person and gender clear.

The most neutral word order here is:

היא בחרה צבע מסוים
subject + verb + object

That is the most straightforward choice.

However, Hebrew can sometimes change word order for emphasis, style, or context. Still, for learners, this sentence is a good example of the normal basic order.

Only the subject and verb would change:

• הוא בחר צבע מסוים. = He chose a certain color.

Compare:

• היא בחרה = she chose
• הוא בחר = he chose

The object צבע מסוים stays the same because צבע is still masculine singular.

In the present tense, Hebrew uses a participle-like form that also agrees with gender.

For example:

• היא בוחרת צבע מסוים. = She is choosing / chooses a certain color.
• הוא בוחר צבע מסוים. = He is choosing / chooses a certain color.

Compare:

• בחרה = chose
• בוחרת = chooses / is choosing

So the sentence you were given is specifically in the past tense.

צבע is masculine.

You can see that from the adjective agreement:

• צבע מסוים = masculine singular

If it were a feminine noun, the adjective would usually look different, for example:

• מילה מסוימת = a certain word

So in this sentence, the adjective form helps confirm that צבע is masculine.