הילדה פתחה את הקלמר שלה וחיפשה עט, עיפרון ומחק.

ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

• ילדה = girl / a girl
• הילדה = the girl

So the sentence is talking about a specific girl, not just any girl.

Because it is a past-tense feminine singular verb form.

The subject is הילדה, which is feminine singular, so the verb matches it:

• פתח = he opened
• פתחה = she opened

Hebrew verbs often show gender and number, especially in the past tense.

Here את is the direct object marker. It does not get translated into English.

It is used before a definite direct object, usually one with ה־ or some other definite meaning.

So:

• פתחה את הקלמר = opened the pencil case

You would not usually use את before an indefinite noun such as עט if it means a pen.

Also, this את is not the pronoun you (feminine singular) in meaning, even though it is spelled the same in unpointed Hebrew. Here the grammar makes it clear that it is the object marker.

Hebrew usually expresses possession with של plus a pronoun, and that possessive phrase comes after the noun.

So:

• הקלמר שלה = literally the pencil case of hers
• natural English: her pencil case

This is a very common Hebrew pattern:

• הספר שלי = my book
• הבית שלהם = their house

It agrees with the owner, not with the noun being owned.

So שלה means hers / belonging to her, because the owner is female.

That means you can use שלה with either masculine or feminine nouns:

• הספר שלה = her book
• המחברת שלה = her notebook

The noun’s gender does not change שלה.

ו־ means and, and in Hebrew it is usually attached directly to the following word.

So:

• וחיפשה = and she looked for / and she searched for

This is completely normal in Hebrew. Short function words often attach to the next word.

It comes from לחפש, which means to look for or to search for.

In this sentence, looked for is the most natural English choice:

• חיפשה עט, עיפרון ומחק = she looked for a pen, a pencil, and an eraser

So yes, חיפשה can relate to searching, but in everyday translation here, looked for sounds best.

Because those nouns are indefinite here.

Hebrew normally uses את before a definite direct object, but not before an indefinite one.

Compare:

• חיפשה את העט = she looked for the pen
• חיפשה עט = she looked for a pen

In your sentence, the girl is looking for a pen, a pencil, and an eraser, not specific already-known items, so there is no את.

Because Hebrew has no separate indefinite article.

English says:

• a pen
• a pencil
• an eraser

Hebrew just uses the bare noun:

• עט
• עיפרון
• מחק

If you want the, then Hebrew adds ה־:

• העט = the pen
• העיפרון = the pencil
• המחק = the eraser

So a bare noun in Hebrew often corresponds to a/an in English.

Because Hebrew, like English, does not need to repeat the subject when it stays the same.

So:

• הילדה פתחה את הקלמר שלה וחיפשה...

means:

• The girl opened her pencil case and looked for...

The subject הילדה applies to both verbs. Hebrew does not need to say הילדה again.

The important genders here are:

• ילדה — feminine
• קלמר — masculine
• עט — masculine
• עיפרון — masculine
• מחק — masculine

Gender matters in Hebrew because verbs, adjectives, and pronouns often agree with nouns.

In this sentence, the main effect is on the verbs:

• פתחה
• חיפשה

Both are feminine singular because the subject is הילדה.

The objects do not affect the verb forms here.

Yes. In the Hebrew past tense, the verb form itself already tells you a lot.

For example:

• פתחה can mean she opened
• חיפשה can mean she looked for

So Hebrew often does not need a separate pronoun like she. In this sentence, the noun הילדה is included to tell you exactly who did the action.