היא הודתה שהאשמה הייתה גם שלה, וזה עזר לנו לדבר בשקט.

הודתה is the 3rd person feminine singular, past tense form of להודות.

That verb can mean:

• to admit / confess
• to thank

Hebrew often relies on context to tell you which meaning is intended.

Here, היא הודתה שהאשמה הייתה גם שלה means she admitted that the blame was also hers, because להודות ש־... commonly means to admit that...

If it meant she thanked, you would usually expect an object like:

• היא הודתה לו = she thanked him
• היא הודתה להם = she thanked them

So in this sentence, admitted is clearly the right meaning.

Because the subject is היא = she.

In the past tense, Hebrew verbs agree with the subject in gender and number.

So:

• הוא הודה = he admitted
• היא הודתה = she admitted

The ending ־ה here marks the feminine singular past form.

ש־ is a very common Hebrew particle meaning that.

So:

• היא הודתה שהאשמה הייתה גם שלה literally means
• She admitted that the blame was also hers

It connects the main verb הודתה with the clause that follows.

You will see ש־ all the time in Hebrew:

• אני חושב שהוא צודק = I think that he is right
• היא אמרה שהיא עייפה = She said that she was tired

In speech, ש־ is extremely common and often attached directly to the next word, as in שהאשמה.

האשמה can refer to blame or fault, depending on context.

In this sentence, the blame or the fault both work well:

• She admitted that the blame was also hers
• She admitted that the fault was also hers

A learner should know that Hebrew words in this area can overlap more than neat English equivalents do. Here, האשמה is not necessarily legal or moral guilt in a heavy sense; it is more naturally about responsibility/blame.

Also notice the ה־ at the beginning:

• אשמה = blame / fault
• האשמה = the blame / the fault

הייתה is the feminine singular past form of להיות = to be.

It agrees with האשמה, which is treated as a feminine singular noun.

So:

• האשמה הייתה גם שלה = the blame was also hers

Compare:

• הספר היה מעניין = the book was interesting
  (היה because ספר is masculine)
• הבעיה הייתה קשה = the problem was difficult
  (הייתה because בעיה is feminine)

Hebrew often expresses mine/yours/hers/ours with של + pronoun ending.

So:

• שלי = mine
• שלך = yours
• שלה = hers
• שלנו = ours

In this sentence:

• גם שלה = also hers

Literally, it is something like also belonging to her, but in natural English it becomes also hers.

So:

• האשמה הייתה גם שלה = the blame was also hers

Yes, Hebrew could also use a possessive form such as אשמתה = her fault / her blame.

For example:

• היא הודתה שגם היא אשמה
• היא הודתה שהאשמה הייתה גם אשמתה

But גם שלה is very natural and emphasizes that part of the blame belonged to her too.

Using שלה can sound slightly more flexible and conversational. It avoids repeating the noun directly.

גם means also / too.

In האשמה הייתה גם שלה, it emphasizes that the blame was hers too, not only someone else’s.

So the idea is:

• the blame did not belong only to another person
• she also shared responsibility

This is a very common use of גם in Hebrew.

Compare:

• גם אני רוצה = I also want
• הוא גם בא = he also came
• זה גם נכון = that is also true

וזה is simply:

• ו־ = and
• זה = this / that / it

Here, זה refers back to the whole previous idea:

• her admitting that the blame was also hers

So:

• וזה עזר לנו... = and that helped us...

English often uses that or it in the same way:

• She admitted it, and that helped us talk calmly.

Because the grammatical subject is זה, and זה takes masculine singular agreement.

So:

• זה עזר = this/that helped
• not זה עזרה

Even when זה refers to an action or an entire previous statement, Hebrew still commonly uses the normal masculine singular verb form with it.

Compare:

• זה היה חשוב = that was important
• זה עזר מאוד = that helped a lot

This is a very common Hebrew pattern:

לעזור ל־מישהו + infinitive
= to help someone do something

So:

• עזר לנו לדבר literally:
• helped us to speak

Natural English:

• helped us talk
• helped us speak

Breakdown:

• עזר = helped
• לנו = to us
• לדבר = to speak / to talk

Other examples:

• זה עזר לי להבין = that helped me understand
• היא עזרה לו למצוא עבודה = she helped him find a job

Literally, בשקט means in quiet or quietly.

But in context, it often means:

• calmly
• peacefully
• without shouting or tension

So in this sentence:

• וזה עזר לנו לדבר בשקט can mean
• and that helped us talk calmly
• and that helped us talk quietly

If the context is emotional conflict, calmly is often the best English choice.

Yes, it is very natural.

The sentence is built like this:

1. היא הודתה = She admitted
2. שהאשמה הייתה גם שלה = that the blame was also hers
3. וזה עזר לנו לדבר בשקט = and that helped us talk calmly

This is a normal and smooth Hebrew structure:

• main clause
• ש־ clause
• follow-up clause with וזה

Hebrew word order is often fairly flexible, but this version sounds natural and standard.

Yes. That would also be very natural.

• היא הודתה שגם היא אשמה = She admitted that she was also to blame

This version is a little more direct and slightly less formal in structure.

The original sentence:

• היא הודתה שהאשמה הייתה גם שלה focuses more on the blame as a thing that was partly hers.

The simpler version:

• היא הודתה שגם היא אשמה focuses more directly on her being at fault.

Both are good Hebrew; they just frame the idea a little differently.