בדקנו את המסמך היטב.

A common pronunciation is:

badáknu et ha-mismách heytév

A more detailed breakdown:

• בדקנו = ba-DAK-nu
• את = et
• המסמך = ha-mis-MAKH
• היטב = hey-TEV

Notes:

• The kh sound in מסמך is like the ch in German Bach or Scottish loch.
• In everyday Israeli speech, stress usually falls near the end of these words, as shown above.

Because Hebrew verbs often already include the subject.

In בדקנו, the ending -נו means we in the past tense. So בדקנו by itself already means we checked or we examined.

That is why Hebrew does not need a separate pronoun here. You could add אנחנו for emphasis, but normally it is unnecessary:

• בדקנו את המסמך היטב = We checked the document thoroughly
• אנחנו בדקנו את המסמך היטב = We checked the document thoroughly / It was we who checked the document

בדקנו is a past tense verb, first person plural.

It comes from the dictionary form לבדוק = to check / to examine.

Breakdown:

• Root: ב-ד-ק
• Base meaning: checking, examining, inspecting
• Ending -נו = we in the past tense

So:

• בדקתי = I checked
• בדקת = you checked
• בדק = he checked
• בדקה = she checked
• בדקנו = we checked

את marks a definite direct object.

In this sentence, המסמך means the document, which is definite because it has ה־ (the). When a direct object is definite in Hebrew, it is usually preceded by את.

So:

• בדקנו מסמך = We checked a document
• בדקנו את המסמך = We checked the document

Important: את is usually not translated into English. It is a grammatical marker, not a separate meaning word like with or to.

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

• מסמך = a document / document
• המסמך = the document

Since the sentence refers to a specific document, Hebrew uses המסמך.

Also notice the pattern:

• את המסמך = the direct object marker + the document

היטב is an adverb meaning well, thoroughly, or carefully, depending on context.

In this sentence, it gives the idea of doing the checking thoroughly:

• בדקנו את המסמך היטב = We checked the document thoroughly / carefully

It is a perfectly good and correct word, though in everyday conversation Israelis may also use other adverbs, depending on tone:

• טוב = well
• טוב מאוד = very well
• לעומק = in depth
• בקפידה = carefully

So היטב is natural, but it can sound a bit more formal or written than some everyday alternatives.

Because Hebrew word order is flexible, and this order is very natural.

Here the sentence is:

• בדקנו = checked
• את המסמך = the document
• היטב = thoroughly

So literally the structure is:

checked-we the-document thoroughly

This is normal Hebrew. English usually requires the subject first, but Hebrew often allows the verb to come first, especially when the subject is already built into the verb.

You could also say:

• אנחנו בדקנו את המסמך היטב

But without אנחנו, starting with the verb is completely natural.

Usually it comes after the object here, and that is the most natural placement:

• בדקנו את המסמך היטב

Other placements are sometimes possible for emphasis or style, but they may sound more marked or literary. For a learner, the safest pattern is:

verb + object + adverb

So if you want to say similar things, this is a good model:

• קראנו את הספר היטב
• בדקתי את התשובה היטב

It can cover all of those, depending on context.

The verb לבדוק is broad. It can mean:

• to check
• to examine
• to inspect
• sometimes even to test

In this sentence, if the context is a written document, English speakers often choose:

• We checked the document thoroughly or
• We examined the document carefully

So the exact best English equivalent depends on the situation, but the Hebrew verb itself is very standard and versatile.

Yes. The root is ב-ד-ק.

This root is connected with checking, examining, or testing. Learning the root can help you recognize related words and forms, such as:

• לבדוק = to check
• בדיקה = a check / inspection / examination / test
• נבדק = was checked / examined, or a person/item being examined, depending on context

Roots are very important in Hebrew because many related words grow from the same three-consonant core.

No. In the first person plural past tense, Hebrew does not distinguish gender.

So בדקנו can mean:

• we checked if the speakers are all male
• we checked if the speakers are all female
• we checked if the group is mixed

The same form works for all of these.

Using the same basic words, you could say:

• Present: אנחנו בודקים את המסמך היטב = We are checking / We check the document thoroughly
• Future: נבדוק את המסמך היטב = We will check the document thoroughly

Notes:

• In the present tense, Hebrew usually needs an explicit subject like אנחנו if you want to say we, because the participle בודקים by itself does not always clearly identify the subject.
• In the future tense, נבדוק already includes we, so אנחנו is optional.

With המסמך, yes, it would normally be considered incorrect or at least nonstandard.

Because המסמך is definite, standard Hebrew requires את before it:

• Correct: בדקנו את המסמך היטב
• Not standard: בדקנו המסמך היטב

But if the object were indefinite, את would usually disappear:

• בדקנו מסמך היטב = We checked a document thoroughly

So a useful rule is:

• definite object → usually use את
• indefinite object → usually no את