גם אחרי קפה, העייפות לא עוברת.

In this sentence, גם means even or also, depending on how you want to phrase it in English.

So גם אחרי קפה is like saying:

• even after coffee
• also after coffee

In natural English, even after coffee is usually the best fit, because it emphasizes that coffee would normally help, but in this case it does not.

אחרי means after.

So:

• אחרי קפה = after coffee

It is a very common preposition in modern Hebrew. You may also see אחר in some contexts, but אחרי is the normal everyday form for after before a noun.

Examples:

• אחרי העבודה = after work
• אחרי האוכל = after the food / after eating
• אחרי קפה = after coffee

Because קפה here is being used in a general sense: coffee, not the coffee.

So:

• אחרי קפה = after coffee
• אחרי הקפה = after the coffee

The version without ה־ sounds more general, like coffee as a remedy or type of drink. The version with ה־ would usually refer to a specific coffee that has already been mentioned or is understood from the situation.

העייפות means the tiredness.

In Hebrew, abstract nouns are often made definite when talking about a specific condition or state that the speaker has in mind. Here it means something like the tiredness I’m feeling or the tiredness we’re talking about.

Compare:

• עייפות = tiredness, fatigue in a general sense
• העייפות = the tiredness, the fatigue

So העייפות לא עוברת means the tiredness isn’t going away.

Because העייפות is a feminine singular noun, and the Hebrew verb in the present tense agrees with the subject in gender and number.

So:

• העייפות = feminine singular
• therefore עוברת = feminine singular form

If the subject were masculine singular, you would expect עובר instead.

For example:

• הכאב לא עובר = the pain doesn’t go away
  (כאב is masculine)
• העייפות לא עוברת = the tiredness doesn’t go away
  (עייפות is feminine)

It comes from the root of לעבור, which usually means to pass, to go through, or to move past.

But in sentences about symptoms, feelings, or unpleasant states, לעבור often means:

• to pass
• to go away
• to wear off

So העייפות לא עוברת literally means the tiredness does not pass, but the natural English meaning is the tiredness doesn’t go away.

This is a very common Hebrew way to talk about things like:

• הכאב לא עובר = the pain doesn’t go away
• הבחילה לא עוברת = the nausea doesn’t go away
• העצב לא עובר = the sadness doesn’t go away

Because Hebrew usually does not use a present-tense form of to be the way English does.

But in this sentence, the main verb is not to be anyway. The verb is עוברת = passes / goes away.

So the structure is:

• העייפות = the tiredness
• לא = not
• עוברת = goes away / passes

Hebrew often expresses present-time meaning without a separate word for is.

Because לא is the standard Hebrew word for not, and it normally comes directly before the verb it negates.

So:

• עוברת = goes away
• לא עוברת = does not go away

This is a basic and very common pattern in Hebrew:

• הוא לא בא = he isn’t coming
• אני לא יודע = I don’t know
• העייפות לא עוברת = the tiredness doesn’t go away

The comma separates the opening phrase גם אחרי קפה from the main clause העייפות לא עוברת.

It helps mark the sentence as:

• Even after coffee, the tiredness doesn’t go away.

In Hebrew, punctuation can be somewhat flexible, but this comma makes the sentence easier to read and gives a slight pause after the introductory phrase.

Without the comma, the meaning would stay the same:

• גם אחרי קפה העייפות לא עוברת

The version with the comma just feels a bit more neatly organized in writing.

Yes. Hebrew word order is fairly flexible.

For example, you could also say:

• העייפות לא עוברת גם אחרי קפה

This means essentially the same thing: The tiredness doesn’t go away even after coffee.

The original sentence puts גם אחרי קפה first for emphasis. It highlights the surprising part right away: coffee usually helps, but not here.

So the original word order is good for emphasis, while the alternative is a bit more straightforward.

It can be understood either way, depending on context.

העייפות לא עוברת in the present tense can mean:

• the tiredness isn’t going away right now
• the tiredness doesn’t go away, more generally

Hebrew present tense often covers both current ongoing situations and general present statements, so context tells you which one is intended.

In this sentence, it most naturally sounds like a current situation: someone drank coffee, but they still feel tired.

Yes, that is a very natural way to understand it.

In many languages, including Hebrew, a drink noun can stand for having/drinking that drink. So אחרי קפה naturally means something like:

• after coffee
• after having coffee
• after drinking coffee

You do not need to say אחרי שתיית קפה unless you want to sound more formal or explicit. The shorter version is much more natural in everyday speech.