לפני שאתם יוצאים, תבדקו עוד פעם אם יש מלח, סוכר וסכין במטבח אצלכם.

Before you leave, check one more time whether there is salt, sugar, and a knife in your kitchen.

Breakdown of לפני שאתם יוצאים, תבדקו עוד פעם אם יש מלח, סוכר וסכין במטבח אצלכם.

• יש: there is
• ו: and
• ב: in
• לפני: before

Questions & Answers about לפני שאתם יוצאים, תבדקו עוד פעם אם יש מלח, סוכר וסכין במטבח אצלכם.

Why is יוצאים in the present tense if the sentence is talking about something that will happen in the future?

This is very common in Hebrew. After time expressions like לפני, אחרי, and כש, Hebrew often uses a present-tense form where English would say before you leave / when you arrive / after you finish.

So:

לפני שאתם יוצאים
literally: before you are going out
natural English: before you go out / before you leave

The present form here does not mean the action is happening right now. It is just the normal Hebrew way to express this kind of time clause.

Why does the sentence use תבדקו instead of the imperative בדקו?

תבדקו is formally a 2nd-person plural future form, but in everyday Hebrew it is very often used as a command or instruction:

• תבדקו = check
• תכתבו = write
• תבואו = come

So even though it looks like you will check, in context it means check.

Compared with בדקו, תבדקו often sounds a little more conversational, less sharp, or more natural in spoken Hebrew. Both can work, but תבדקו is extremely common.

What does עוד פעם mean here?