המורה רואה אותנו, ואנחנו שומעים אותה.

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Breakdown of המורה רואה אותנו, ואנחנו שומעים אותה.

• לראות: to see
• אנחנו: we
• מורה: teacher

Questions & Answers about המורה רואה אותנו, ואנחנו שומעים אותה.

Why does המורה mean the teacher, and can it refer to either a man or a woman?

Yes. המורה is the teacher:

• ה־ = the
• מורה = teacher

The noun מורה can refer to either a male teacher or a female teacher. In this sentence, we know the teacher is female because later the sentence says אותה = her.

So although המורה itself can be either gender, the rest of the sentence tells us which one is meant here.

Why is the verb written רואה if the teacher is female?

In unpointed Hebrew, רואה can represent both:

• masculine singular: ro'eh = sees
• feminine singular: ro'ah = sees

The spelling is the same, but the pronunciation changes.

Since the subject here is a female teacher, this should be understood as the feminine form, pronounced ro'ah. Hebrew often leaves short vowels unwritten, so native speakers rely on context to know which form is intended.

What exactly does אותנו mean, and why isn’t there a separate word for us after the verb?