Breakdown of כשהיא שמעה את החדשות על הטיסה, הידיים שלה התחילו לרעוד.
Questions & Answers about כשהיא שמעה את החדשות על הטיסה, הידיים שלה התחילו לרעוד.
כשהיא means when she.
It is made from:
- כש־ = when
- היא = she
So:
- כשהיא שמעה... = when she heard...
You will see this pattern a lot in Hebrew:
- כשאני = when I
- כשאתה = when you
- כשהם = when they
The longer, more formal version of כש־ is כאשר, but כש־ is very common in everyday Hebrew.
Because the subject is היא (she), and in the past tense Hebrew verbs agree with the subject.
The verb is from the root ש־מ־ע (to hear). In the past tense:
- שמע = he heard
- שמעה = she heard
- שמעו = they heard
So כשהיא שמעה literally means when she heard.