שלשום חיכיתי שם שעה שלמה, וזה היה קצת מוזר.

שלשום means the day before yesterday.

It is a single word used as a time expression, so you can place it in the sentence without any preposition:

• שלשום חיכיתי שם... = The day before yesterday, I waited there...

It does not mean three days ago, even though it may look related to שלוש (three).

Hebrew often puts a time word at the beginning of the sentence to set the scene.

So:

• שלשום חיכיתי שם שעה שלמה
  feels very natural, like:
• The day before yesterday, I waited there for a whole hour

You could move it later in the sentence, but the version here is very normal and smooth.

חיכיתי means I waited.

It comes from the verb לחכות = to wait.

The ending -תי is the regular past-tense ending for I in many Hebrew verbs:

• חיכיתי = I waited
• אמרתי = I said
• ראיתי = I saw

So when you see -תי in the past tense, a good first guess is that it means I.

Yes, often it does.

If you are waiting for someone or something, Hebrew usually uses ל־:

• חיכיתי לאוטובוס = I waited for the bus
• חיכינו לך = We waited for you

But in this sentence, no specific thing is named. It just says:

• חיכיתי שם = I waited there

So there is no need for a ל־ phrase.

Here שם means there.

Hebrew spelling without vowels can create ambiguity:

• שם = there
• שם = name

The difference is usually clear from context.

In this sentence:

• חיכיתי שם can only naturally mean I waited there

Also, the pronunciation is different:

• שָם = sham = there
• שֵם = shem = name

Because שעה (hour) is a feminine noun, and adjectives in Hebrew must agree with the noun.

So:

• שעה = feminine singular
• שלמה = feminine singular adjective

Together:

• שעה שלמה = a whole hour

Compare:

• יום שלם = a whole day
• שעה שלמה = a whole hour

In Hebrew, duration is often expressed directly, without a separate word for for.

So:

• חיכיתי שעה שלמה
  literally looks like I waited a whole hour,
  but in English we usually say I waited for a whole hour.

Hebrew can also use במשך:

• חיכיתי שם במשך שעה שלמה

That is also correct, but the version without במשך is very common and natural.

שלמה means whole, complete, or entire, depending on context.

In this sentence:

• שעה שלמה = a whole hour

You might also see:

• יום שלם = a whole day
• שבוע שלם = a whole week
• רשימה שלמה = a complete list

So the basic idea is something being complete or entire.

קצת means a little, a bit, or somewhat.

So:

• קצת מוזר = a little weird
• somewhat strange
• a bit odd

It softens the statement. Saying מוזר alone is stronger:

• זה היה מוזר = It was weird
• זה היה קצת מוזר = It was a little weird

Here זה refers to the whole situation: the fact that the speaker waited there for a whole hour.

So:

• וזה היה קצת מוזר = and that was a little weird or more naturally in English:
• and it was a little weird

This is very common in Hebrew. זה can point back to an entire event or situation, not just a specific noun.

Because the speaker is not describing שעה (hour) directly. They are commenting on the whole experience.

In Hebrew, when referring to a whole situation in a general way, the language often uses זה היה as a neutral/default expression:

• זה היה מוזר = It was weird
• זה היה נחמד = It was nice
• זה היה קשה = It was hard

If you were specifically describing the hour itself, you would match the feminine noun:

• השעה הייתה מוזרה = The hour was strange

But that is not what this sentence means.

Mostly because of grammar.

מוזר is masculine singular, matching זה and היה in the phrase:

• זה היה קצת מוזר

This is the normal way to say it was weird when it means a situation or event.

If the adjective described a feminine noun directly, it would change:

• חוויה מוזרה = a strange experience
• שעה מוזרה = a strange hour

So in this sentence, the masculine form does not mean the thing itself is masculine in real life. It is just the standard grammatical choice for this kind of comment.

It sounds very natural.

A native speaker could definitely say:

• שלשום חיכיתי שם שעה שלמה, וזה היה קצת מוזר.

It is conversational, clear, and idiomatic.

You might also hear slightly different versions, such as:

• שלשום חיכיתי שם שעה שלמה, וזה היה די מוזר.
• שלשום חיכיתי שם שעה שלמה, וזה היה ממש מוזר.

But the original sentence is completely normal Hebrew.