קיבלתי מהם רמז טוב, ואז הצלחתי לנחש את המשמעות.

קיבלתי means I received or I got.

It is:

• past tense
• first person singular
• from the root ק-ב-ל (to receive / to get)

So:

• קיבלתי = I received
• קיבלת = you received (masculine singular)
• קיבלה = she received
• קיבלנו = we received

In this sentence, קיבלתי מהם רמז טוב means I got a good hint from them.

Because הם means they, but here the sentence needs from them, not just they.

Hebrew uses the preposition מ־ / מן for from. When it combines with pronouns, you get forms like:

• ממני = from me
• ממך = from you
• ממנו = from him
• ממנה = from her
• מאיתנו = from us
• מהם = from them (masculine or mixed group)
• מהן = from them (feminine)

So קיבלתי מהם literally means I received from them.

Yes—Hebrew adjectives normally come after the noun they describe.

So:

• רמז טוב = a good hint
• literally: hint good

This is the normal Hebrew order:

• ספר מעניין = an interesting book
• ילד קטן = a small child
• רעיון מצוין = an excellent idea

The adjective must also agree with the noun in:

• gender
• number
• definiteness

Here:

• רמז is masculine singular
• so the adjective is also masculine singular: טוב

Because the phrase means a good hint, not the good hint.

In Hebrew, if a noun phrase is indefinite, you usually do not use a/an as a separate word. Hebrew simply leaves the noun without ה־.

So:

• רמז טוב = a good hint
• הרמז הטוב = the good hint

Notice that when the noun is definite, the adjective also becomes definite:

• הרמז = the hint
• הטוב = the good

That matching is very important in Hebrew.

ואז means and then.

It is made of:

• ו־ = and
• אז = then

So:

• אז = then
• ואז = and then

In this sentence, it connects the two actions:

1. I got a good hint from them
2. and then I managed to guess the meaning

It is a very common storytelling connector in Hebrew.

Yes, הצלחתי literally means I succeeded or I managed.

It comes from the verb להצליח.

In Hebrew, להצליח + infinitive often means to manage to do something:

• הצלחתי להבין = I managed to understand
• הצלחנו להגיע בזמן = we managed to arrive on time
• לא הצלחתי לפתוח את הדלת = I didn’t manage to open the door

So in this sentence:

• הצלחתי לנחש = I managed to guess

This sounds very natural in Hebrew.

Because after הצלחתי Hebrew usually uses an infinitive.

לנחש is the infinitive form of the verb ניחש / לנחש, meaning to guess.

So the structure is:

• הצלחתי + infinitive
• I managed + to do something

Examples:

• הצלחתי לקרוא = I managed to read
• הצלחתי לכתוב = I managed to write
• הצלחתי לנחש = I managed to guess

The ל־ at the beginning of the infinitive is often like to in English.

Good question. These verbs are related in meaning, but not the same:

• לנחש = to guess
• לדעת = to know
• להבין = to understand

So in this sentence, לנחש suggests that the speaker did not know for sure at first, but used a clue and figured it out.

Compare:

• ניחשתי את התשובה = I guessed the answer
• ידעתי את התשובה = I knew the answer
• הבנתי את התשובה = I understood the answer

Here, לנחש את המשמעות means something like to guess the meaning, probably from context or a hint.

Because המשמעות is a definite direct object.

In Hebrew, את is used before a direct object when that object is definite, for example with:

• the...
• a name
• a possessive form
• certain pronouns

So:

• ניחשתי משמעות would sound wrong here
• ניחשתי את המשמעות = I guessed the meaning

More examples:

• ראיתי את הספר = I saw the book
• מצאתי את המפתח = I found the key
• הבנתי את השאלה = I understood the question

Important: את usually does not have a direct English translation. It is a grammatical marker.

Because the sentence means the meaning, not just meaning in a vague sense.

• משמעות = meaning / significance
• המשמעות = the meaning

When Hebrew refers to a specific meaning—like the meaning of a word, sentence, or clue—it often uses the definite form:

• את המשמעות = the meaning

So the speaker is not guessing just any meaning, but the intended meaning.

Yes, it is very natural.

The sentence is:

• קיבלתי מהם רמז טוב, ואז הצלחתי לנחש את המשמעות.

A natural breakdown is:

1. קיבלתי מהם רמז טוב = I got a good hint from them
2. ואז הצלחתי לנחש את המשמעות = and then I managed to guess the meaning

Hebrew word order is fairly flexible, but this order is very standard and clear. It follows a natural sequence of events:

• first receiving the hint
• then guessing the meaning

You could move some parts around for emphasis, but the given version is straightforward and idiomatic.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

Kibalti mehem remez tov, ve-az hitslakhti lenakhesh et hamashma'ut.

A few notes:

• קיבלתי = ki-BAL-ti
• מהם = me-HEM
• רמז = RE-mez
• טוב = tov
• ואז = ve-AZ
• הצלחתי = hits-LAKH-ti
  
  • the kh sound is like the ch in German Bach or Scottish loch
• לנחש = le-na-KHESH
• המשמעות = ha-mash-ma-UT

The stress is often near the end in words like המשמעות.

Yes. רמז can mean:

• hint
• clue
• sometimes even allusion

In this sentence, hint or clue both work well.

Examples:

• הוא נתן לי רמז. = He gave me a hint.
• מצאנו רמז חשוב. = We found an important clue.
• יש רמז למה שיקרה בהמשך. = There is a hint/allusion to what will happen later.

So רמז טוב could also be understood as a good clue, depending on context.