על הפצע הקטן שמתי פלסטר, ועל היד שמתי תחבושת.

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Breakdown of על הפצע הקטן שמתי פלסטר, ועל היד שמתי תחבושת.

• ו: and
• על: on
• יד: hand

Questions & Answers about על הפצע הקטן שמתי פלסטר, ועל היד שמתי תחבושת.

Why does the sentence begin with על הפצע הקטן instead of starting with שמתי?

Hebrew allows more flexibility in word order than English.

A very neutral order would be:

שמתי פלסטר על הפצע הקטן, ושמתי תחבושת על היד.
= I put a band-aid on the small wound, and I put a bandage on the hand.

But in your sentence, על הפצע הקטן is moved to the front:

על הפצע הקטן שמתי פלסטר...

This gives extra focus to where each thing was put. It can sound a bit like:

• On the small wound, I put a band-aid
• and on the hand, I put a bandage

So the fronting is not changing the basic meaning; it is mostly a matter of emphasis and style.

Why is על used here?

על usually means on, onto, or sometimes about, depending on context.

Here it means on:

• על הפצע הקטן = on the small wound
• על היד = on the hand

This is the normal preposition to use when something is physically placed on a body part or surface.

Why is ועל one word?