היא דואגת שיפטרו אותה אם היא תאחר שוב, אבל אני מקווה שזה לא יקרה.

Here it means she is worried / concerned.

The verb לדאוג can mean a few related things depending on context:

• to worry
• to be concerned
• sometimes to take care of / see to it that

In this sentence, because the next part is about a bad thing possibly happening—שיפטרו אותה—the meaning is clearly she is worried that...

So the natural sense is:

• היא דואגת ש... = She is worried that...

Because the subject is היא = she, and Hebrew verbs/adjectival present forms agree with gender and number.

• הוא דואג = he is worried
• היא דואגת = she is worried

The same thing happens later with תאחר:

• היא תאחר = she will be late

So both דואגת and תאחר match a feminine singular subject.

The ש is a very common Hebrew word meaning something like that.

So:

• שיפטרו אותה = that they’ll fire her
• שזה לא יקרה = that this/that won’t happen

In modern Hebrew writing, ש is usually attached directly to the next word, which is why you see:

• שיפטרו
• שזה

rather than writing ש separately.

Hebrew often uses third person plural to mean an unspecified they, just like English does.

So יפטרו אותה literally means:

• they will fire her

But the subject is intentionally vague:

• her boss
• the company
• the people in charge

English does the same thing in sentences like They fired him, even when they does not refer to any specific named people.

It is active in form:

• יפטרו אותה = they will fire her

But because the subject is an unspecified they, English often translates it more naturally as either:

• they’ll fire her
• she’ll be fired

Hebrew could also use a more directly passive form:

• שהיא תפוטר = that she will be fired

Both are possible, but שיפטרו אותה is very natural and common.

Because אותה is the direct object form of her.

Compare:

• היא = she (subject)
• אותה = her (direct object)
• לה = to her (indirect object)

The verb לפטר = to fire / dismiss takes a direct object:

• לפטר אותה = to fire her

So אותה is exactly the form you need here.

This is a very common difference between English and Hebrew.

In Hebrew, after אם for a real future condition, you normally use the future tense:

• אם היא תאחר שוב = literally if she will be late again

But in natural English, we usually say:

• if she is late again

So this is one of those places where Hebrew and English structure the idea differently.

A useful rule:

• אם + future is very common in Hebrew for future conditions.

Yes. That would also be natural.

Hebrew often leaves out subject pronouns because the verb already shows person, number, and sometimes gender.

So both of these work:

• אם היא תאחר שוב
• אם תאחר שוב

The version with היא is a bit more explicit and can sound clearer or slightly more emphatic, but it is not required.

שוב means again.

So:

• אם היא תאחר שוב = if she is late again

It is a very common word. In everyday speech, people also often say:

• עוד פעם = again / one more time

So שוב and עוד פעם can often express similar ideas, though שוב is a bit more compact and neutral.

Because the hoping is happening now.

• אני מקווה = I hope
• literally: I am hoping

Hebrew present tense is often used for current states and ongoing attitudes, not just actions happening right this second.

So in this sentence:

• אבל אני מקווה שזה לא יקרה = but I hope that won’t happen

The hope is present; the possible event is future.

Yes, in speech it does—but in normal unpointed writing, the spelling is the same.

With pronunciation:

• male speaker: מְקַוֶּה = mekave
• female speaker: מְקַוָּה = mekava

But both are usually written the same way:

• מקווה

So from the written sentence alone, you usually cannot tell the speaker’s gender here.

זה refers to the whole situation just mentioned—the possibility that she will be fired if she is late again.

So:

• אני מקווה שזה לא יקרה = I hope that doesn’t happen

Hebrew often uses זה in exactly this way, to point back to an entire idea or event, not just a single noun.

No. It is a different word, even though in unpointed Hebrew the spelling looks the same.

Here, יקרה comes from the verb לקרות = to happen:

• זה לא יקרה = that won’t happen

This is the future form:

• יקרה = will happen

That is different from the adjective:

• יקרה = expensive / dear (feminine)

So the meaning comes entirely from context.

Because both parts describe possible future events.

• שיפטרו אותה = that they will fire her
• אם היא תאחר שוב = if she is late again / if she will be late again

The whole sentence is about a present worry concerning something that may happen later. So Hebrew naturally uses future forms inside that worry.

That gives the sentence this overall structure:

• present feeling: היא דואגת
• possible future event: שיפטרו אותה
• condition for that event: אם היא תאחר שוב