הרוקחת הסבירה לי מה המינון הנכון של התרופה, וביקשה שאקרא את המרשם שוב בבית.

הרוקחת means the female pharmacist. The masculine form is הרוקח.

Because the subject is feminine singular, the past-tense verbs also appear in the feminine singular:

• הסבירה = she explained
• ביקשה = she asked/requested

If the pharmacist were male, the sentence would begin:

• הרוקח הסביר לי... וביקש...

Hebrew verbs in the past agree with the subject in gender and number, so this is something English speakers often need to get used to.

הסבירה means she explained.

Its dictionary form is להסביר = to explain.

This is a past-tense form:

• הסברתי = I explained
• הסברת = you explained
• הסביר = he explained
• הסבירה = she explained

So in the sentence, הרוקחת הסבירה לי means the pharmacist explained to me.

לי means to me.

So:

• הסבירה לי = explained to me

This is very natural in Hebrew. The verb להסביר often takes an indirect object with ל־:

• הוא הסביר לי = he explained to me
• היא הסבירה להם = she explained to them

English sometimes allows both explained me and explained to me? Actually only explained to me is standard, and Hebrew works similarly here.

Here מה means what, introducing an indirect question:

• מה המינון הנכון של התרופה = what the correct dosage of the medicine is

So the full structure is:

• הסבירה לי מה... = explained to me what...

This is not a direct question. It is an embedded question inside a larger sentence.

Compare:

• מה המינון הנכון? = What is the correct dosage?
• היא הסבירה לי מה המינון הנכון = She explained to me what the correct dosage is

Hebrew often keeps the same word order in these embedded questions.

Literally, it is:

• המינון = the dosage
• הנכון = the correct
• של התרופה = of the medicine

So word-for-word:

• the dosage the-correct of the-medicine

Natural English:

• the correct dosage of the medicine

A key thing for learners: the adjective usually comes after the noun in Hebrew:

• מינון נכון = correct dosage
• המינון הנכון = the correct dosage

Also, when the noun is definite, the adjective is usually definite too:

• המינון ... הנכון

Because in Hebrew, when a noun is definite and it has an adjective, the adjective normally also gets the definite article.

So:

• מינון נכון = a correct dosage
• המינון הנכון = the correct dosage

This is very common:

• ספר טוב = a good book
• הספר הטוב = the good book

English speakers often notice this because English does not put the on both words, but Hebrew does.

Yes, Hebrew often has two ways to express X of Y:

1. של structure

   • המינון של התרופה = the dosage of the medicine

2. Construct chain (סמיכות)

   • מינון התרופה = the medicine’s dosage / dosage of the medicine

In this sentence, המינון הנכון של התרופה is very natural and clear.

A construct version is also possible in some contexts, for example:

• המינון הנכון לתרופה would mean something a bit different: the correct dosage for the medicine
• מינון התרופה is more compact, but של is often easier and more conversational for learners

So של התרופה is not strange at all.

The ו־ means and.

So:

• וביקשה = and she asked/requested

This connects the two actions:

1. הרוקחת הסבירה לי...
2. וביקשה...

Very literally:

• The pharmacist explained to me..., and requested...

In smoother English:

• The pharmacist explained to me..., and asked...

Also, notice that ו־ is attached directly to the next word in Hebrew, instead of being written as a separate word.

This is one of the most important grammar points in the sentence.

ביקשה means she asked/requested, and שאקרא literally means that I will read or more naturally that I read.

In Hebrew, after verbs like asked, wanted, told, hoped, etc., the subordinate clause often uses ש־ plus a future-tense verb:

• ביקשה שאקרא = she asked that I read / she asked me to read
• רציתי שאלך = I wanted to go / literally, I wanted that I would go
• אמרו שנבוא = they said that we should come

So even though English often uses an infinitive (asked me to read), Hebrew commonly uses:

• ש־
  • future form

Here:

• ש = that
• אקרא = I will read / I read (in this kind of clause)

So ביקשה שאקרא is completely normal Hebrew.

אקרא is the 1st person singular future form of לקרוא = to read.

So:

• אקרא = I will read

Pronunciation is important here because the spelling could confuse learners. It is pronounced roughly:

• ekra

It is from the verb קרא in the sense of read.

Examples:

• אני קורא / קוראת = I read / I am reading
• אקרא בבית = I will read at home

In this sentence, because it follows ש־ after ביקשה, it means:

• she asked that I read or more naturally
• she asked me to read

את marks a definite direct object.

Here, the thing being read is המרשם = the prescription, and because it is definite, Hebrew uses את:

• אקרא את המרשם = I will read the prescription

Compare:

• אקרא מרשם = I will read a prescription
• אקרא את המרשם = I will read the prescription

English has no equivalent word here, so learners often wonder what את is doing. It does not mean with in this sentence; it is just the direct-object marker.

In this sentence, המרשם most naturally means the prescription.

The base word is מרשם. In medical contexts, it commonly refers to:

• a prescription
• sometimes written instructions connected with medication

Since the sentence also mentions:

• הרוקחת = the pharmacist
• המינון = the dosage
• התרופה = the medicine

the medical meaning is clearly the intended one here.

• שוב = again
• בבית = at home / in the house

So:

• שוב בבית = again at home

The idea is that the pharmacist wanted the person to read the prescription one more time after getting home.

A very natural English translation is:

• read the prescription again at home

Good question. These two forms are related but not identical:

• בבית = at home / in the house
• הביתה = homeward / to home

So:

• אקרא את המרשם בבית = I will read the prescription at home
• אלך הביתה = I will go home

Here the sentence is talking about the location where the reading happens, not movement toward home, so בבית is the correct choice.

Yes, it is very natural Hebrew.

The sentence is structured like this:

• הרוקחת = the subject
• הסבירה לי = explained to me
• מה המינון הנכון של התרופה = what the correct dosage of the medicine is
• וביקשה = and asked
• שאקרא את המרשם שוב בבית = that I read the prescription again at home

Hebrew often allows fairly flexible word order, but this version sounds standard and smooth.

An English speaker may especially notice:

• the adjective comes after the noun: המינון הנכון
• the request uses ש־ + future: שאקרא
• the direct object marker appears before a definite noun: את המרשם

All of those are normal Hebrew patterns.

Only the part with אקרא would normally change in spoken or fully pointed Hebrew, because that is the speaker’s own future form in 1st person.

In modern unpointed Hebrew, אקרא is written the same for both male and female speakers, so the sentence usually stays exactly the same in writing:

• הרוקחת הסבירה לי מה המינון הנכון של התרופה, וביקשה שאקרא את המרשם שוב בבית.

So in everyday written Hebrew, there is usually no visible difference here.

The pharmacist remains feminine because הרוקחת is still female.