היא קיבלה פרס.

A natural pronunciation is hi kiblá pras.

• היא = hi
• קיבלה = kiblá
• פרס = pras

The main stress is on the last syllable of קיבלה: kib-LA.

Because the subject is היא, which means she.

In the Hebrew past tense, the verb changes to match the subject’s gender and number. So:

• הוא קיבל פרס = He received a prize
• היא קיבלה פרס = She received a prize

Here, קיבלה is the third person feminine singular past form.

קיבלה is in the past tense.

More specifically, it is:

• 3rd person
• feminine
• singular
• from the verb לקבל = to receive / to get

So it means she received or she got.

Yes, very often.

Hebrew frequently drops subject pronouns when the verb already makes the subject clear. Since קיבלה already tells us she in the past tense, קיבלה פרס is a perfectly normal sentence.

Including היא can make the subject more explicit or give a little extra emphasis.

Because פרס here is indefinite: a prize, not the prize.

In Hebrew, את marks a definite direct object. So:

• היא קיבלה פרס = She received a prize
• היא קיבלה את הפרס = She received the prize

So the absence of את tells you the object is not definite.

It can mean prize or award, depending on context.

For example:

• in a competition, it may feel more like prize
• in a formal ceremony, it may feel more like award

In this sentence, either English translation can work, depending on the situation.

פרס is a masculine noun.

So if you wanted to make it definite and use an adjective, the adjective would also be masculine. For example:

• הפרס הגדול = the big prize / the major award

With ניקוד, it would usually be written:

הִיא קִבְּלָה פְּרָס.

A learner may notice that the unpointed spelling has a י in קיבלה, but the pointed form is קִבְּלָה. That is normal in Hebrew spelling.

The dictionary form is לקבל = to receive / to get.

Some common related forms are:

• קיבל = he received
• קיבלה = she received
• קיבלתי = I received
• קיבלו = they received

So קיבלה is one conjugated form of לקבל.

Not completely.

היא קיבלה פרס is a very normal, neutral way to say it. But Hebrew word order is more flexible than English. Depending on emphasis, you might also hear:

• קיבלה פרס = She received a prize
• פרס היא קיבלה = more marked, something like A prize is what she received

For basic learning, היא קיבלה פרס is an excellent standard pattern.

You would say:

היא קיבלה את הפרס.

Here is what changed:

• פרס = a prize
• הפרס = the prize
• because it is a definite direct object, you add את

So:

• היא קיבלה פרס = She received a prize
• היא קיבלה את הפרס = She received the prize