היא בעצמה ביקשה מהמלצרית עוד מים.

ביקשה is the past tense, 3rd person feminine singular form of לבקש (to ask for / to request).

It matches היא (she), so the grammar is:

• היא ביקשה = she asked / she requested

Compare:

• הוא ביקש = he asked
• היא ביקשה = she asked

The -ה ending is a very common sign of feminine singular in the past tense.

בעצמה means herself or by herself, but in this sentence it most naturally gives emphasis: she herself.

So היא בעצמה means:

• she herself
• she personally

It highlights that she, and not someone else, made the request.

Also notice the feminine ending:

• בעצמו = himself
• בעצמה = herself

Yes, Hebrew often uses both when it wants to be clear and emphatic.

• היא ביקשה... = she asked...
• היא בעצמה ביקשה... = she herself asked...

Without היא, you could sometimes still understand the idea from context, but היא בעצמה is a very natural way to say she herself.

Yes, מ־ usually means from, and that is exactly what is happening grammatically.

The verb לבקש often works like this:

• לבקש משהו ממישהו = to ask someone for something
  • literally: to request something from someone

So:

• ביקשה מהמלצרית עוד מים = she asked the waitress for more water

Breakdown:

• מ־ = from
• המלצרית = the waitress
• מהמלצרית = from the waitress

This is a very common Hebrew structure.

Because המלצרית means the waitress.

The word is:

• מלצרית = waitress
• המלצרית = the waitress

When מ־ joins a word with ה־, they combine:

• מ + המלצרית → מהמלצרית

So this is not a different word; it is just from the waitress written as one unit.

Here עוד means more or additional.

So:

• עוד מים = more water

Very often עוד means:

• more
• another
• additional
• still / yet

The exact meaning depends on context. In this sentence, it clearly means more.

Yes. In Hebrew, מים is a word that looks grammatically plural, even though it refers to the substance water.

So learners often notice that it ends like a plural noun, but in meaning it is just water.

Examples:

• מים קרים = cold water
  (the adjective is also plural: קרים)
• עוד מים = more water

So the important thing is: מים is the normal Hebrew word for water, even though its form is plural.

Both orders can work, but the sentence you have is very natural.

Hebrew word order is somewhat flexible. In this sentence:

• ביקשה מהמלצרית עוד מים = asked the waitress for more water

You could also hear:

• ביקשה עוד מים מהמלצרית

The difference is usually about flow, emphasis, or style, not a big change in basic meaning.

The version in your sentence sounds very normal and clear.

Not exactly. Hebrew divides some meanings a bit differently.

לבקש often means:

• to ask for
• to request

Examples:

• לבקש עזרה = to ask for help
• לבקש מים = to ask for water

And with a person:

• לבקש משהו ממישהו = to ask someone for something

But English ask can also mean ask a question, and Hebrew may use other structures depending on the context.

So in this sentence, ביקשה is best understood as requested / asked for.

It can sometimes suggest doing something personally or without help, but here the most likely meaning is simply she herself.

So the emphasis is not really:

• she was alone

but rather:

• she personally did it
• she herself made the request

If Hebrew wanted to stress alone, it might use other wording depending on the exact idea.

You would change the feminine forms to masculine:

• היא → הוא
• בעצמה → בעצמו
• ביקשה → ביקש

So:

• הוא בעצמו ביקש מהמלצרית עוד מים. = He himself asked the waitress for more water.

מלצרית means waitress, the feminine form of מלצר (waiter).

So:

• מלצר = waiter
• מלצרית = waitress

The ending -ית is a common feminine ending in Hebrew nouns.

Because the sentence has המלצרית, it refers to a specific waitress: the waitress.

Yes.

• היא בעצמה ביקשה מהמלצרית מים. = She herself asked the waitress for water.

That just means she asked for water, without saying more water.

Adding עוד tells us she wanted an additional amount, probably because some water had already been served or discussed.