בבדיקה הרופאה בדקה גם את הדופק שלי ואמרה שהוא מעט מהיר.

בבדיקה literally means in the examination or during the examination.

It is made of:

• ב־ = in / at / during
• בדיקה = examination / checkup / test

So בבדיקה often means something like:

• during the exam
• at the checkup
• in the examination

Hebrew often uses ב־ in places where English would prefer during or at.

Because both words are feminine singular:

• הרופאה = the doctor (female doctor)
• בדקה = checked / examined in the she form

Hebrew verbs in the past tense agree with the subject in gender and number. So:

• הרופא בדק = the male doctor checked
• הרופאה בדקה = the female doctor checked

This is one of the first things English speakers notice in Hebrew: past-tense verbs show gender.

They are the masculine and feminine forms of doctor:

• רופא = male doctor
• רופאה = female doctor

Hebrew often has separate masculine and feminine forms for professions and people.

So in this sentence, the speaker is specifically referring to a woman doctor.

גם means also / too.

In this sentence:

• הרופאה בדקה גם את הדופק שלי
• The doctor also checked my pulse

It suggests that checking the pulse was one of several things the doctor did.

Hebrew גם is flexible in position, but here it naturally modifies the thing being checked: she checked also my pulse.

Because את marks a definite direct object.

In Hebrew, when the verb acts on a specific, definite thing, you usually put את before it.

Here:

• בדקה = checked
• את הדופק שלי = my pulse

Why is it definite? Because הדופק has ה־ (the), and שלי also makes it specific.

Compare:

• בדק דופק = checked a pulse / checked pulse
• בדק את הדופק = checked the pulse
• בדקה את הדופק שלי = checked my pulse

Important: את is not translated into English. It is a grammatical marker.

In Hebrew, possession with של usually comes after the noun:

• הדופק שלי = my pulse
• literally: the pulse of me

This is the normal pattern:

• הספר שלי = my book
• הבית שלה = her house
• החבר שלנו = our friend

English puts the possessive first (my pulse), but Hebrew usually puts the noun first and the possessive phrase after it.

ו־ means and.

So:

• אמרה = she said
• ואמרה = and she said

Hebrew very often attaches small words directly to the next word, including:

• ו־ = and
• ב־ = in
• ל־ = to
• כ־ = as/like
• ה־ = the

So instead of writing a separate word for and, Hebrew simply adds it to אמרה.

שהוא means that it/he is.

It is made of:

• ש־ = that
• הוא = he / it (masculine singular)

So:

• ואמרה שהוא מעט מהיר
• and [she] said that it was/is a little fast

Here הוא refers back to הדופק (the pulse), which is a masculine singular noun. That is why Hebrew uses הוא.

Yes, הוא often means he, but it can also mean it for a masculine noun.

Hebrew does not have a separate everyday word exactly like English it in this kind of sentence. Instead, it uses the regular masculine or feminine pronoun depending on the noun.

Since:

• דופק is masculine

Hebrew says:

• הוא מעט מהיר = it is a little fast

If the noun were feminine, Hebrew would use היא instead.

Because מהיר agrees with דופק, not with רופאה.

In:

• ואמרה שהוא מעט מהיר the adjective מהיר describes הדופק (the pulse), which is masculine singular.

So:

• masculine singular: מהיר
• feminine singular: מהירה

Compare:

• הדופק מהיר = the pulse is fast
• התגובה מהירה = the reaction is fast

Even though the doctor is female, the adjective is not describing the doctor.

מעט means a little / somewhat / slightly.

So:

• מעט מהיר = a little fast / slightly fast

Compared with קצת:

• קצת is very common in everyday speech
• מעט can sound a bit more formal, careful, or written, though it is still common and natural

So both could work in many contexts:

• הוא מעט מהיר
• הוא קצת מהיר

In a medical context, מעט sounds especially natural.

Because in the present tense, Hebrew usually does not use a separate verb for to be.

So:

• הוא מהיר = it is fast
• literally: it fast

That is normal Hebrew grammar.

After אמרה, Hebrew can still say:

• שהוא מעט מהיר literally: that it a little fast meaning: that it was/is a little fast, depending on context.

English requires is/was, but Hebrew often leaves it out in present-tense-style descriptions.

Yes, it is very natural Hebrew word order.

The sentence is:

• בבדיקה = during the examination
• הרופאה בדקה גם את הדופק שלי = the doctor also checked my pulse
• ואמרה שהוא מעט מהיר = and said that it was a little fast

A few things are typical here:

1. Time/context phrase first
   Hebrew often begins with something like בבדיקה to set the scene.

2. Subject + verb
   הרופאה בדקה

3. Direct object after the verb
   את הדופק שלי

4. Another verb connected with ו־
   ואמרה

So even if the sentence feels slightly different from English rhythm, it is standard and natural in Hebrew.

Yes, Hebrew often drops subject pronouns, but here הרופאה is a full noun, not just a pronoun, and it is useful for clarity.

Since בדקה already tells us the subject is she, Hebrew could sometimes say something like:

• בבדיקה בדקה גם את הדופק שלי...

But that would sound less clear, because we would not know immediately who checked the pulse unless the doctor had already been mentioned.

So keeping הרופאה is the most natural choice here.