היא הקליטה את עצמה בבית, כי היא רצתה לבטא כל מילה לאט וברור.

הקליטה is the past tense, third person feminine singular form of להקליט, meaning to record.

It is feminine because the subject is היא = she.

So:

• היא הקליטה = she recorded
• If it were he recorded, it would be הוא הקליט

This verb comes from the Hif'il pattern, which is a very common Hebrew verb pattern.

את עצמה means herself.

This is a reflexive structure:

• את = the marker of a direct object
• עצמה = herself

So היא הקליטה את עצמה literally means she recorded herself.

A useful comparison:

• היא הקליטה אותה = she recorded her
• היא הקליטה את עצמה = she recorded herself

So עצמה makes it clear that the action goes back to the subject.

No. In this sentence, את is not the pronoun you.

Hebrew has two different words spelled את:

• אַתְּ = you (feminine singular)
• אֶת = the direct object marker

In את עצמה, it is the direct object marker, used before a definite direct object. It does not have a separate meaning in English, but it is grammatically required here.

Because עצמה has to match the subject, which is היא.

The reflexive forms are built from עצם plus possessive endings:

• עצמי = myself
• עצמך = yourself
• עצמו = himself
• עצמה = herself
• עצמנו = ourselves

Since the subject is she, the correct form is עצמה.

בבית can mean either in the house or at home, depending on context.

It is made from:

• ב = in / at
• הבית = the house / the home

When ב joins ה, they contract, so:

• ב + הבית → בבית

In this sentence, the most natural English meaning is usually at home, but grammatically it is literally in the house / at the house.

Yes, Hebrew sometimes can leave the subject out, but here repeating היא is very natural and clear.

So:

• כי היא רצתה... = because she wanted...
• It would also be possible in some contexts to say כי רצתה..., especially if the subject is already obvious.

However, keeping היא makes the sentence smoother and easier to follow, especially for a full standalone sentence.

רצתה is the past tense, third person feminine singular form of לרצות = to want.

Because the subject is היא, the verb must also be feminine singular.

Compare:

• הוא רצה = he wanted
• היא רצתה = she wanted

So כי היא רצתה means because she wanted.

After verbs like want, Hebrew usually uses an infinitive.

So:

• רצתה = wanted
• לבטא = to pronounce / to articulate / to express

Together:

• היא רצתה לבטא = she wanted to pronounce / articulate

This works much like English wanted to...

Other similar examples:

• היא ניסתה לדבר = she tried to speak
• היא התחילה לקרוא = she started to read

לבטא can mean both to express and to pronounce / articulate, depending on context.

In this sentence, because it is followed by כל מילה and לאט וברור, it clearly means something like:

• to pronounce
• to articulate
• to say clearly

So the idea is not emotional expression here, but careful speech.

In Hebrew, כל followed by a singular noun usually means every.

So:

• כל מילה = every word
• כל ספר = every book
• כל יום = every day

If you want to say all the words, that is a different structure:

• כל המילים = all the words

So:

• כל מילה = every word
• כל המילים = all the words

That distinction is very important.

Here לאט and ברור are describing how she wanted to pronounce the words, so they function adverbially.

• לאט = slowly
• ברור = clearly

Hebrew often uses the masculine singular adjective form in an adverb-like way, especially with words like ברור, מהר, חזק, and others.

So even though מילה is feminine, ברור is not agreeing with מילה here. It is not saying a clear word. It is saying to pronounce clearly.

Compare:

• מילה ברורה = a clear word
• לבטא ברור = to pronounce clearly

Not in this structure.

If you said מילה ברורה, then ברורה would be an adjective modifying מילה, and it would need to match the feminine noun.

But in the actual sentence, ברור is not modifying מילה directly. It is describing the manner of speaking, like an adverb:

• לבטא כל מילה לאט וברור = to pronounce every word slowly and clearly

So ברור stays in its adverb-like form, not feminine agreement.

Hebrew word order is fairly flexible, but this order is very natural.

The sentence puts things in this order:

• verb: לבטא
• object: כל מילה
• adverbs: לאט וברור

That is a common pattern.

You might also encounter variations for emphasis, but the given version sounds normal and straightforward.

Only the parts that agree with the subject would change.

Masculine version:

הוא הקליט את עצמו בבית, כי הוא רצה לבטא כל מילה לאט וברור.

Changes:

• היא → הוא
• הקליטה → הקליט
• עצמה → עצמו
• רצתה → רצה

The rest stays the same.

A simple pronunciation guide would be:

hi hik-LI-ta et ats-MA ba-BA-yit, ki hi rats-TA le-va-TE kol mi-LA le-AT u-va-RUR

A few helpful notes:

• הקליטה is stressed on the last syllable: hiklitá
• עצמה is stressed on the last syllable: atsmá
• רצתה is stressed on the last syllable: ratstá
• לבטא is stressed on the last syllable: levaté
• ברור is stressed on the last syllable: barúr

As often in modern Hebrew, the stress is important for sounding natural.