לפני שאת שולחת משהו, תבדקי שהתוכן נשמר כמו שכתבת אותו.

Because the sentence is addressed to one woman.

You can see that in forms like:

• שאת
• שולחת
• תבדקי
• כתבת

If you were speaking to a man, you would say:

לפני שאתה שולח משהו, תבדוק שהתוכן נשמר כמו שכתבת אותו.

So this sentence is not gender-neutral; it is specifically directed at a female singular listener.

שאת is made of two parts:

• ש־ = that
• את = you (feminine singular)

So לפני שאת שולחת literally breaks down as before that you send, but in natural English it just means before you send.

This ש־ is very common in Hebrew for introducing subordinate clauses.

In Hebrew, after לפני ש... it is very common to use the present tense for something that is about to happen or happens in a general situation.

So:

• לפני שאת שולחת משהו = before you send something

Hebrew can also use the future here:

• לפני שתשלחי משהו

Both are possible. The version with שולחת sounds very natural and conversational.

This is a very common feature of modern Hebrew. The future tense is often used to give commands, instructions, or advice.

So:

• תבדקי literally looks like you will check
• but in context it means check or make sure to check

A more formal imperative form would be:

• בדקי

But in everyday Hebrew, people often prefer the future form:

• תבדקי
• תכתוב
• תסתכלי
• תבוא

So this sentence is using a normal, natural instruction style.

It means that the content was saved or that the content has been saved.

Breakdown:

• ש־ = that
• התוכן = the content
• נשמר = was saved / got saved / has been preserved

The verb נשמר comes from the root ש־מ־ר, which often has the idea of keeping, preserving, or saving.

In this context, נשמר is best understood as was saved.

Because התוכן is a masculine singular noun.

In Hebrew, verbs often agree with the gender and number of the noun. Since תוכן is masculine singular, the verb is also masculine singular:

• התוכן נשמר

If the noun were feminine singular, you would expect:

• נשמרה

For example:

• ההודעה נשמרה = the message was saved

אותו means it, and it refers back to התוכן.

So:

• כמו = like / as
• שכתבת אותו = that you wrote it

Together:

• כמו שכתבת אותו = as you wrote it

Hebrew usually keeps that object pronoun when referring back to something specific. It makes the sentence clear: the content should be saved in the same form in which you wrote it.

Literally, משהו means something.

But in English, this sentence could naturally be translated with either:

• before you send something
• before you send anything

Hebrew often uses משהו in places where English might prefer anything depending on context. So here the Hebrew is normal, and the English choice depends on style.

Here are the main versions:

To one man: לפני שאתה שולח משהו, תבדוק שהתוכן נשמר כמו שכתבת אותו.

To one woman: לפני שאת שולחת משהו, תבדקי שהתוכן נשמר כמו שכתבת אותו.

To a mixed group / group of men: לפני שאתם שולחים משהו, תבדקו שהתוכן נשמר כמו שכתבתם אותו.

To a group of women: לפני שאתן שולחות משהו, תבדקו שהתוכן נשמר כמו שכתבתן אותו.

So the whole sentence changes to match the person or people being addressed.