לפני שנמשיך, כדאי להבהיר מה בדיוק צריך לעשות.

In Hebrew, after words like לפני (before) and אחרי (after), Hebrew often uses the future tense to refer to something that has not happened yet from the speaker’s point of view.

So:

• לפני שנמשיך = before we continue
• literally, it is closer to before we will continue

This is normal Hebrew usage, not a strange or overly literal translation.

Here, נמשיך is:

• 1st person plural
• future tense
• from the verb להמשיך = to continue

So נמשיך means we will continue, but in this structure it is naturally understood as we continue / we go on.

The ש is the conjunction ש־, which often means that, but in many structures it also links a main phrase to a subordinate clause.

In לפני שנמשיך:

• לפני = before
• שנמשיך = that we continue / we will continue

Together, the structure means before we continue.

This is a very common pattern in Hebrew:

• אחרי שנאכל = after we eat
• לפני שנלך = before we go
• טוב שאתה פה = it’s good that you’re here

So the ש is not optional here in standard Hebrew.

Usually, no—not in this sentence.

לפני can be followed by:

1. a noun

   • לפני השיעור = before the lesson

2. a clause with ש־

   • לפני שנמשיך = before we continue

Using לפני + infinitive is much less natural here and generally not how this idea is expressed in standard modern Hebrew.

Because the sentence specifically means before we continue, with an actual subject we, Hebrew uses the clause שנמשיך.

כדאי means something like:

• it is advisable
• it’s a good idea
• it’s worth
• sometimes simply should

So כדאי להבהיר means it’s advisable to clarify or it would be good to clarify.

This is softer than צריך, which means need to / must / have to.

Compare:

• כדאי להבהיר = it would be good to clarify
• צריך להבהיר = it is necessary to clarify / one must clarify

So in your sentence, כדאי gives a more polite, less forceful tone.

That is a very common Hebrew structure:

• כדאי + infinitive

Examples:

• כדאי לבדוק = it’s worth checking
• כדאי לחכות = it’s better to wait
• כדאי להבהיר = it’s advisable to clarify

The infinitive in Hebrew usually begins with ל־:

• להבהיר = to clarify
• לעשות = to do
• להמשיך = to continue

So כדאי להבהיר is just the normal way to say it’s good/advisable to clarify.

להבהיר means to clarify, to make clear.

להסביר means to explain.

They are similar, but not identical:

• להבהיר focuses on making something clear or removing ambiguity.
• להסביר focuses on giving an explanation.

In this sentence, כדאי להבהיר מה בדיוק צריך לעשות, the idea is:

• first make clear exactly what needs to be done

That is why להבהיר fits especially well.

מה means what.
בדיוק means exactly / precisely.

So:

• מה בדיוק צריך לעשות = what exactly needs to be done

Placing בדיוק after מה is very natural in Hebrew when you want to emphasize precision:

• מי בדיוק אמר את זה? = who exactly said that?
• מתי בדיוק ניפגש? = when exactly will we meet?
• מה בדיוק צריך לעשות? = what exactly needs to be done?

So בדיוק highlights that the speaker wants precision, not a vague answer.

Here צריך is being used in an impersonal way, similar to English it is necessary to or one needs to.

So:

• צריך לעשות = it is necessary to do / one needs to do

Even though there is no explicit subject, Hebrew often uses צריך in the singular masculine as a kind of default form in impersonal expressions.

In everyday Hebrew, you may also hear other forms depending on who the subject is:

• אני צריך לעשות = I need to do
• אנחנו צריכים לעשות = we need to do
• הם צריכים לעשות = they need to do

But in מה בדיוק צריך לעשות, no specific person is named. It means what needs to be done, not what we need to do specifically.

Because צריך commonly takes an infinitive after it.

Pattern:

• צריך + infinitive = need to + verb

Examples:

• צריך ללמוד = need to study
• צריך לחכות = need to wait
• צריך לעשות = need to do

So in מה בדיוק צריך לעשות, the infinitive לעשות is exactly what you would expect after צריך.

It is an indirect question embedded inside the larger sentence.

The full sentence is not asking the listener a question directly. It is saying that it would be good to clarify something:

• כדאי להבהיר = it is advisable to clarify
• clarify what exactly needs to be done

So מה בדיוק צריך לעשות functions as the content of what needs clarifying.

Compare:

• Direct question: מה בדיוק צריך לעשות? = What exactly needs to be done?
• Indirect question: כדאי להבהיר מה בדיוק צריך לעשות. = It’s advisable to clarify what exactly needs to be done.

The comma separates the introductory subordinate clause from the main clause.

So the sentence has this structure:

• לפני שנמשיך, = introductory clause: before we continue,
• כדאי להבהיר... = main clause: it’s advisable to clarify...

This is similar to English punctuation:

• Before we continue, it’s worth clarifying...

In modern Hebrew, this comma is natural and standard.

It is usually more general and slightly more impersonal:

• what needs to be done
• what one should do
• what has to be done

It does not explicitly say we.

If the sentence wanted to be more specifically about us, Hebrew could say:

• מה בדיוק אנחנו צריכים לעשות

That means more directly:

• what exactly do we need to do

So the original version sounds a bit more neutral and objective.

There are three verbal forms here:

1. נמשיך

   • from להמשיך = to continue
   • future, 1st person plural
   • we will continue

2. להבהיר

   • infinitive
   • from להבהיר = to clarify

3. צריך

   • לעשות
   • צריך = need / necessary
   • לעשות = infinitive of to do
   • together: needs to be done

So the sentence mixes:

• a future verb in the subordinate clause
• infinitives after כדאי and צריך
• an impersonal necessity structure at the end