כל עוד המרק חם, אני לא צריכה לחמם אותו שוב.

כל עוד means as long as or so long as. It introduces a condition that remains true for some period of time.

In this sentence, כל עוד המרק חם means as long as the soup is hot.

It is a very common expression in Hebrew:

• כל עוד אתה כאן, תעזור לי — As long as you’re here, help me.
• כל עוד לא ירד גשם, נצא — As long as it doesn’t rain, we’ll go out.

In present-tense Hebrew, you usually do not use a word for is / am / are.

So:

• המרק חם literally looks like the soup hot
• but it means the soup is hot

This is completely normal in Hebrew. The same happens in many simple present-tense sentences:

• הילד עייף — The boy is tired
• אני מוכן — I am ready

If the sentence were in the past or future, Hebrew would express that differently.

Because מרק is a masculine noun, the adjective has to agree with it.

• מרק — masculine singular
• חם — masculine singular adjective meaning hot

If the noun were feminine, you would use חמה:

• המרק חם — the soup is hot
• הצלחת חמה — the plate is hot

Hebrew adjectives usually match the noun in gender and number.

Yes — it depends on the speaker’s gender.

Hebrew often marks gender in the present tense, including with words like צריך / צריכה:

• אני לא צריך — I do not need... / I don’t need... (male speaker)
• אני לא צריכה — I do not need... / I don’t need... (female speaker)

So the sentence as written is being said by a female speaker.

Historically and grammatically, צריך / צריכה / צריכים / צריכות behaves a lot like an adjective, but in modern Hebrew it is very commonly used to express need.

So:

• אני צריך ללכת — I need to go
• היא צריכה מים — She needs water

It changes for gender and number:

• צריך — masculine singular
• צריכה — feminine singular
• צריכים — masculine plural / mixed plural
• צריכות — feminine plural

So learners often think of it as need, but it is useful to remember that it agrees with the subject.

After צריך / צריכה, Hebrew usually uses an infinitive to say what someone needs to do.

So:

• אני צריכה לחמם — I need to heat
• הוא צריך ללמוד — He needs to study
• אנחנו צריכים לצאת — We need to leave

Here:

• ל־ is the infinitive marker, often corresponding to English to
• לחמם = to heat / to warm up

So אני לא צריכה לחמם אותו means I don’t need to heat it.

לחמם comes from the root ח־מ־ם, connected with heat or warming.

It is in the pi'el pattern, which often gives an active or intensive meaning. So לחמם means to heat, to warm, or to warm up.

Related forms:

• חם — hot
• חימום — heating / warm-up
• מחמם — heating / warming up (present-tense form or adjective-like participle, depending on context)

For learners, the important thing is that לחמם is the normal verb for to heat up / warm up something.

אותו means him or it as a direct object, depending on context.

Here it means it, referring back to המרק.

So:

• לחמם אותו — to heat it

Because מרק is masculine singular, the object pronoun is אותו.

Compare:

• אני רואה אותו — I see him / it
• אני מחממת אותה — I heat it / her (feminine singular object)

Hebrew uses object pronouns such as אותו, אותה, אותם, אותן for direct objects.

English says:

• I heat it

Hebrew says:

• אני מחמם אותו

So אותו is the normal way to say him/it when it is the direct object of the verb.

Some common forms:

• אותו — him / it (masculine singular)
• אותה — her / it (feminine singular)
• אותם — them (masculine or mixed plural)
• אותן — them (feminine plural)

שוב means again.

In this sentence:

• לחמם אותו שוב — to heat it again

Hebrew word order is fairly flexible, but this placement is very natural. The adverb שוב often comes after the verb phrase or after the object:

• אני לא רוצה לראות אותו שוב — I don’t want to see him again
• היא תנסה שוב — She will try again

So the placement here sounds normal and idiomatic.

The comma separates the conditional clause from the main clause.

• כל עוד המרק חם — subordinate clause
• אני לא צריכה לחמם אותו שוב — main clause

In English, you often do the same:

• As long as the soup is hot, I don’t need to heat it again.

The comma helps show the structure clearly.

Not exactly. They are similar, but not the same.

• כל עוד המרק חם = as long as the soup is hot
• אם המרק חם = if the soup is hot

כל עוד emphasizes an ongoing condition over time.
אם simply introduces a condition.

So in this sentence, כל עוד is better because the idea is: for as long as it remains hot, there is no need to reheat it.

Only צריכה would change:

• כל עוד המרק חם, אני לא צריך לחמם אותו שוב.

That is the version for a male speaker.

Everything else stays the same because המרק is still masculine singular.

You would need to change the adjective and the object pronoun so they agree with the feminine noun.

For example, with הצלחת (the plate, feminine):

• כל עוד הצלחת חמה, אני לא צריכה לחמם אותה שוב.

Changes:

• חם → חמה
• אותו → אותה

Agreement is very important in Hebrew, so adjectives and pronouns often change depending on the noun.

A common pronunciation would be:

kol od ha-marak kham, ani lo tsrikha le-khamem oto shuv

A few notes:

• כל here sounds like kol
• ח is a throaty sound, like the ch in German Bach or Scottish loch
• צריכה is roughly tsri-kha
• לחמם is roughly le-kha-mem

If the speaker is male, צריך would be pronounced roughly tsarikh or tsarich, depending on accent.