היא לא שמה בושם לעבודה בכל יום.

she

Breakdown of היא לא שמה בושם לעבודה בכל יום.

• לא: not
• ב: in
• ל: to

Questions & Answers about היא לא שמה בושם לעבודה בכל יום.

What does שמה mean here, and why does it end in -ה?

Here שמה is the verb to put / to put on / to apply, from the root לשים.

In this sentence it means she puts on or she applies.

The -ה ending is because the subject is היא (she), so the verb is in the feminine singular form in the present tense.

• הוא שם = he puts
• היא שמה = she puts

So שמה here is not a noun; it is the feminine present-tense verb form.

Is שמה pronounced sama here? I thought שמה could mean other things too.

Yes — in this sentence, שמה is pronounced sama.

Unpointed Hebrew often allows the same spelling to represent different words. שמה can mean different things depending on context, for example:

• שָׂמָה = she put / she puts → pronounced sama
• שָׁמָה = there
• שְׁמָהּ = her name

In your sentence, because it comes right after היא לא and before בושם, it clearly means she puts on / applies.

Why is היא included? Could Hebrew leave it out?