על הפצע הקטן שמתי פלסטר, ועל היד שמתי תחבושת.

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.

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.

Because it is simply:

• ו = and
• על = on

So:

• ועל = and on

In Hebrew, very short function words like ו are often attached directly to the next word.

The sentence is built as a parallel structure:

• על הפצע הקטן שמתי פלסטר
• ועל היד שמתי תחבושת

Repeating שמתי makes the sentence balanced and very clear.

Hebrew can sometimes omit repeated material if it is obvious, but repeating the verb is perfectly natural here and sounds neat. It is similar to English saying:

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

instead of shortening the second half.

שמתי means I put or I placed.

It is:

• past tense
• first person singular
• used for I
• not marked for gender in this form

So both a male speaker and a female speaker can say שמתי.

Its dictionary form is לשים = to put / to place.

Because את is used before a definite direct object.

Here, the objects are:

• פלסטר = a band-aid / plaster
• תחבושת = a bandage / dressing

They are indefinite here, not the band-aid or the bandage. So there is no את.

Compare:

• שמתי פלסטר = I put a band-aid
• שמתי את הפלסטר = I put the band-aid

That is why את does not appear in your sentence.

Because ה- is the definite article, meaning the.

So:

• פצע קטן = a small wound
• הפצע הקטן = the small wound

In Hebrew, if the noun is definite, the adjective usually becomes definite too:

• הפצע = the wound
• הקטן = the small

So both parts get ה-:

• הפצע הקטן

This is a very important Hebrew pattern.

Because in Hebrew, adjectives usually come after the noun, not before it.

So:

• פצע קטן = small wound
• literally: wound small

And if it is definite:

• הפצע הקטן = the small wound
• literally: the wound the-small

This is normal Hebrew word order for nouns and adjectives.

Because פצע is a masculine singular noun.

Hebrew adjectives must agree with the noun in:

• gender
• number
• definiteness

So:

• masculine singular: קטן
• feminine singular: קטנה

Since פצע is masculine, we get:

• פצע קטן
• הפצע הקטן

Even though the meaning in English is wound, which does not have grammatical gender, in Hebrew every noun has grammatical gender.

יד is a feminine noun.

That matters when you add adjectives or verbs that agree with it in some contexts.

For example:

• יד קטנה = a small hand
• היד הקטנה = the small hand

In your sentence there is no adjective after יד, so you do not see the feminine agreement directly, but it is still a feminine noun.

They are related, but not the same.

• פלסטר = Band-Aid / plaster / adhesive bandage
• תחבושת = bandage / dressing

So פלסטר is usually the small sticky covering you put over a cut or wound.

תחבושת is more general and can be a larger bandage, gauze wrapping, or dressing.

A learner should also know that פלסטר is a borrowed everyday word and very common in speech.

Because על means on, while ב usually means in or inside, and sometimes at/by depending on context.

If you are putting a bandage onto the surface of the hand, Hebrew naturally uses:

• על היד = on the hand

Using ביד would usually not mean the same thing. It would often suggest in the hand or by hand, depending on context.

So for a bandage physically placed on the hand, על היד is the right choice.

Yes. A more basic word order would be:

שמתי פלסטר על הפצע הקטן, ושמתי תחבושת על היד.

That is probably the version many learners would produce first.

Your original sentence:

על הפצע הקטן שמתי פלסטר, ועל היד שמתי תחבושת.

is also completely natural, but it gives stronger focus to the locations.

So both are valid; the difference is mostly emphasis and style.

No. In the first person singular past, Hebrew verbs usually do not show gender.

So:

• a man can say שמתי
• a woman can also say שמתי

If the subject were he or she, then you would see gender:

• הוא שם = he put
• היא שמה = she put

But with I put, both use שמתי.

Yes, it is natural.

It is slightly more structured and stylistically balanced because of the repeated pattern:

• על X שמתי Y
• ועל Z שמתי W

That gives it a neat, contrastive feel.

In casual everyday conversation, people might also say the simpler:

שמתי פלסטר על הפצע הקטן ותחבושת על היד.

or

שמתי פלסטר על הפצע הקטן, ושמתי תחבושת על היד.

But your sentence is absolutely good Hebrew.