רציתי הוכחה שהמסמך באמת נשלח, ולכן ביקשתי אישור באימייל.

In Hebrew, רציתי is the past tense form: I wanted.

But there is also an important usage point: Hebrew often uses the past tense to sound softer or more polite, especially when describing a request or need. So רציתי הוכחה... can sound a bit like:

• I wanted proof...
• I was looking for proof...
• I needed proof...

It is not necessarily emphasizing the past in a strict timeline sense. It can simply make the statement sound less blunt than אני רוצה הוכחה (I want proof).

These two nouns are similar but not identical:

• הוכחה = proof / evidence
• אישור = confirmation / approval / acknowledgment

In this sentence:

• הוכחה שהמסמך באמת נשלח = proof that the document was really sent
• אישור באימייל = a confirmation by email / an email confirmation

So the speaker first wants evidence, and then asks for a more specific kind of evidence: confirmation by email.

The ש is a very common Hebrew word meaning that.

So:

• הוכחה שהמסמך באמת נשלח
• literally: proof that the document was really sent

This ש introduces a clause, just like English that does.

A very common pattern in Hebrew is:

• noun + ש + clause
• for example: הידיעה ש... = the knowledge that...
• התחושה ש... = the feeling that...
• הוכחה ש... = proof that...

Because המסמך means the document, while מסמך means a document.

The sentence is talking about a specific document, so Hebrew uses the definite article ה־:

• מסמך = a document
• המסמך = the document

So:

• שהמסמך נשלח = that the document was sent

If you said שמסמך נשלח, it would sound more like that a document was sent, which is less specific.

באמת means really, truly, or actually.

Here it emphasizes that the speaker wanted proof the document was actually sent, not just supposedly sent.

So:

• המסמך נשלח = the document was sent
• המסמך באמת נשלח = the document was really sent

It adds a sense of verification or doubt: the speaker wants to be sure the sending truly happened.

נשלח is the past tense, masculine singular form of the verb להישלח / נשלח in the Nif'al pattern, which often has a passive-like meaning.

Here it means:

• נשלח = was sent

So:

• המסמך נשלח = the document was sent

Why masculine singular? Because מסמך (document) is a masculine singular noun, and the verb agrees with it.

Compare:

• המסמך נשלח = the document was sent
• ההודעה נשלחה = the message was sent
  because הודעה is feminine singular

Because Hebrew, like English, can use a passive-style form when the doer is unknown, unimportant, or simply not being mentioned.

• המסמך באמת נשלח = the document was really sent

This focuses on the result or fact of sending, not on the person who sent it.

If you wanted to mention the sender, Hebrew would usually use a more active sentence, such as:

• מישהו באמת שלח את המסמך = someone really sent the document

But in this sentence, the important point is the confirmation that the sending happened.

ולכן means and therefore, and so, or therefore.

It connects the two parts logically:

1. I wanted proof that the document was really sent
2. therefore I asked for confirmation by email

So ולכן signals result/conclusion.

Breakdown:

• ו־ = and
• לכן = therefore / so

Together:

• ולכן = and therefore / so

It sounds a bit more formal or written than simple אז (so).

Because אישור here is indefinite: confirmation, not the confirmation.

In Hebrew, the direct object marker את is usually used only before a definite direct object.

So:

• ביקשתי אישור = I asked for confirmation
• ביקשתי את האישור = I asked for the confirmation

Since the sentence means something like I asked for some confirmation / a confirmation, there is no את.

This is a very common point for English speakers, because English does not have a special marker like את.

In this context, באימייל most naturally means by email or via email.

So:

• ביקשתי אישור באימייל = I asked for confirmation by email

The preposition ב־ has a wide range of meanings in Hebrew, including:

• in
• at
• by
• via
• with

With communication methods, ב־ often means by / via:

• דיברנו בטלפון = we spoke by phone
• שלחתי בהודעה = I sent it by message / in a message
• אישור באימייל = confirmation by email

So even though ב often means in, here by email is the best interpretation.

This is a very normal Hebrew structure.

The basic flow is:

• רציתי = I wanted
• הוכחה = proof
• שהמסמך באמת נשלח = that the document was really sent

Hebrew often places the main noun first and then adds the ש־ clause after it:

• הוכחה ש... = proof that...
• בקשה ש... = a request that...
• ידיעה ש... = knowledge that...

So the Hebrew word order is quite natural and parallels English more than it may first seem.

Yes, אישור can mean several related things, including:

• approval
• authorization
• confirmation
• certificate

The exact meaning depends on context.

Here, because the speaker wanted proof that the document was sent, אישור clearly means something like:

• confirmation
• acknowledgment
• written confirmation

So ביקשתי אישור באימייל means the speaker asked for an email confirming that the document had been sent, not for formal permission.

Yes, the sentence sounds fairly neutral-to-formal and a bit written rather than very casual spoken Hebrew.

A few things contribute to that:

• ולכן is somewhat more formal than casual אז
• הוכחה and אישור are standard, slightly formal nouns
• the overall structure is clear and organized, like something you might see in an email or report

A more casual spoken version might be something like:

• רציתי לוודא שהמסמך באמת נשלח, אז ביקשתי אישור במייל.

That version feels more conversational, but your original sentence is completely natural.

Yes — a very useful one:

verb + noun + ש־ clause

Examples:

• רציתי הוכחה שהמסמך נשלח
  I wanted proof that the document was sent

• יש לי תחושה שמשהו לא בסדר
  I have a feeling that something is wrong

• קיבלנו הודעה שהפגישה נדחתה
  We got a message that the meeting was postponed

This pattern is extremely common in Hebrew, so it is worth noticing and practicing.