Questions & Answers about אם לא תמהרי, תהיי רגועה יותר, ואני אהיה מוכן לעזור לך בדרך.
Why are תמהרי, תהיי, and רגועה in feminine forms?
Because the sentence is addressed to one female person.
- תמהרי = you (feminine singular) will hurry
- תהיי = you (feminine singular) will be
- רגועה = calm/relaxed in the feminine singular form
Hebrew verbs in the future tense, and adjectives too, often show the gender of the person being addressed.
If you were speaking to a man, you would say:
אם לא תמהר, תהיה רגוע יותר...
Why does Hebrew use future tense after אם here? In English we say If you don't hurry, not If you won't hurry.
That is a very common question for English speakers.
In Hebrew, when talking about a real future possibility, it is very normal to use the future tense in both parts of the sentence:
- אם לא תמהרי = if you do not hurry
- תהיי רגועה יותר = you will be calmer
So Hebrew does not follow the same tense pattern as English here.
English says:
- If you don't hurry, you'll...
Hebrew naturally says:
- אם לא תמהרי, תהיי...
So this is not strange or overly literal in Hebrew; it is standard.