אם הכוס תיפול שוב, תרימי אותה לאט.

אם means if. It introduces a conditional clause:

• אם הכוס תיפול שוב = if the cup falls again

So the whole sentence has the structure:

• If X happens, do Y.

This is a very common pattern in Hebrew.

In Hebrew, after אם meaning if, it is very common to use the future tense when talking about a possible future situation.

So:

• אם הכוס תיפול שוב literally = if the cup will fall again
• but in natural English this is just if the cup falls again

That is a normal difference between Hebrew and English. English often uses the present after if, while Hebrew often uses the future.

תיפול comes from the verb ליפול = to fall.

It is in the 3rd person feminine singular future form, because הכוס is treated as a feminine singular noun.

So:

• הכוס = the cup / the glass
• תיפול = she/it will fall

In Hebrew, nouns have grammatical gender, so the verb has to match the noun.

Yes, כוס is a feminine noun.

In Hebrew, grammatical gender is part of the word and does not always match logic from English. You often just have to learn it with the noun.

You can see the feminine agreement here in two places:

• תיפול = feminine singular future
• אותה = it/her for a feminine singular object

So the sentence gives you two clues that כוס is feminine.

תרימי is addressed to one female person.

The ending -י here shows 2nd person feminine singular in the future tense.

The verb is from להרים = to lift / to raise / to pick up.

So:

• תרים = you will lift / lift! (to one male)
• תרימי = you will lift / lift! (to one female)

This sentence is speaking to a woman or girl.

Grammatically, תרימי is a future-tense form, but in Modern Hebrew, future forms are very often used to give commands, especially in everyday speech.

So here it functions like:

• pick it up slowly

The more formal imperative would be הרימי, but in normal spoken Hebrew, people very often prefer תרימי.

So this is a very natural everyday way to tell someone what to do.

You could use הרימי, and it would be grammatically correct. But in modern spoken Hebrew, the true imperative is often replaced by the future form.

So:

• הרימי אותה לאט = more formal / textbook-like imperative
• תרימי אותה לאט = very common spoken Hebrew

A learner will hear future forms used as commands all the time.

אותה means it (or literally her, since Hebrew uses the same form for feminine singular direct objects).

It refers back to הכוס.

So:

• תרימי אותה = pick it up / lift it

Hebrew often uses an object pronoun instead of repeating the noun, just like English does.

Because כוס is feminine singular, the pronoun must also be feminine singular:

• אותו = him / it (masculine singular)
• אותה = her / it (feminine singular)

It is related, but here it is part of the pronoun אותה.

In Hebrew, direct object pronouns are built from forms like:

• אותו = him / it (masculine)
• אותה = her / it (feminine)
• אותם / אותן = them

So in this sentence, אותה is a single word meaning her/it, not the separate object marker את plus another word.

שוב means again.

Here it modifies תיפול:

• אם הכוס תיפול שוב = if the cup falls again

Its position is very natural: it comes after the verb. Hebrew word order is often flexible, but this placement sounds normal and clear.

לאט means slowly.

Here it modifies תרימי:

• תרימי אותה לאט = pick it up slowly

So the idea is not that the cup falls slowly, but that the person should lift it slowly.

Yes, Hebrew word order is somewhat flexible, but the sentence as written is very natural:

• אם הכוס תיפול שוב, תרימי אותה לאט.

This is:

1. the if-clause
2. then the main instruction

You could sometimes move pieces around for emphasis, but this version is the most straightforward and neutral.

It can mean either the cup or the glass, depending on context.

In Hebrew, כוס can refer to a drinking vessel generally. The exact English translation depends on what kind of object is being talked about.

So if the learner was shown cup in the translation, that is fine—but in another context it might be glass.

You would change תרימי to the masculine singular form:

• אם הכוס תיפול שוב, תרים אותה לאט.

So:

• תרימי = to one female
• תרים = to one male

The rest of the sentence stays the same, because הכוס is still feminine.

A more formal version could use the imperative:

• אם הכוס תיפול שוב, הרימי אותה לאט.

This is correct and more literary or formal. But in ordinary spoken Modern Hebrew, תרימי is usually more natural.

So for everyday conversation, the original sentence is probably the better model to learn first.