בסדנה של השבוע שעבר המנחה ביקשה מכל אחד לקרוא בקול פסקה אחת.

Hebrew often attaches the prepositions ב (in), ל (to), and כ (as/like) directly to the noun.

So:

• סדנה = workshop
• הסדנה = the workshop
• ב + הסדנה becomes בסדנה = in the workshop

The ה of the definite article usually disappears in writing after these attached prepositions, and the pronunciation changes accordingly.

So בסדנה is not just in a workshop here; in context it means in the workshop.

Yes. Hebrew often expresses last week’s workshop as:

• הסדנה של השבוע שעבר
• literally: the workshop of the week that passed

So:

• של = of
• השבוע = the week
• שעבר = that passed / last

This is a very common and natural way to express possession or association in Hebrew.

A more literal English-style structure like last week workshop does not work in Hebrew.

Because שבוע is a masculine noun.

The adjective or participle that means last / passed has to agree with the noun:

• שבוע = masculine singular → שעבר
• שנה = feminine singular → שעברה

So:

• השבוע שעבר = last week
• השנה שעברה = last year

Because the subject המנחה is feminine here.

• ביקש = he asked
• ביקשה = she asked

So:

• המנחה ביקשה = the facilitator/instructor asked, and the verb shows that the facilitator is female

This is especially helpful because מנחה can refer to either a male or a female facilitator, depending on context. The verb tells you which one is meant here.

מנחה can mean several related things depending on context, such as:

• facilitator
• instructor
• host/presenter
• guide/leader

In this sentence, because the setting is a workshop, the most natural meaning is something like the facilitator or the instructor.

Literally, מכל אחד means from each one.

But with the verb לבקש when talking about asking someone to do something, Hebrew uses מ־:

• לבקש ממישהו = to ask someone
• לבקש משהו = to ask for something

So here:

• ביקשה מכל אחד לקרוא
  = she asked each person to read

Even though the literal meaning includes from, the natural English translation is just asked everyone or asked each person.

Because that would be the wrong pattern for this verb.

Hebrew distinguishes between:

• לבקש ממישהו = to ask someone
• לבקש משהו = to request something

Examples:

• היא ביקשה ממני לעזור = she asked me to help
• היא ביקשה עזרה = she asked for help

So in your sentence, the people being asked come after מ־, not after את.

Yes, אחד is the masculine form.

In Hebrew, the masculine form is often used for:

• mixed groups
• unspecified groups
• general statements

So מכל אחד can mean from each person / from everyone in a general sense.

If the group were definitely all female, you could say:

• מכל אחת = from each one, feminine

But in mixed or general contexts, מכל אחד is normal.

לקרוא is the infinitive, meaning to read.

So the structure is:

• ביקשה מכל אחד לקרוא
• literally: she asked from each one to read
• natural English: she asked everyone to read

Hebrew commonly uses an infinitive after ביקש/ביקשה when saying someone asked another person to do something.

בקול literally means in a voice.

But in this kind of sentence, לקרוא בקול is a common expression meaning:

• to read aloud
• to read out loud

So:

• לקרוא בקול פסקה אחת = to read one paragraph aloud

If Hebrew wants to emphasize loudly, it often says:

• בקול רם = in a loud voice

But here בקול by itself is enough to mean aloud.

In Hebrew, numbers usually come after the noun.

So:

• פסקה אחת = one paragraph
• שתי פסקאות = two paragraphs
• שלוש פסקאות = three paragraphs

Putting אחת before the noun would sound unnatural here.

Because פסקה is a feminine noun, so the number one must also be feminine.

• masculine: אחד
• feminine: אחת

So:

• ספר אחד = one book
• פסקה אחת = one paragraph

No, because the meaning is one paragraph, not the paragraph.

Hebrew does not have an indefinite article like a/an in English. So:

• פסקה can mean a paragraph
• הפסקה means the paragraph

Here:

• פסקה אחת = one paragraph / a single paragraph

Hebrew often puts a time or setting phrase first in order to establish the scene.

So this sentence begins with:

• בסדנה של השבוע שעבר = in last week’s workshop

Then it gives the main action:

• המנחה ביקשה... = the facilitator asked...

This word order is very natural. Hebrew is fairly flexible, so other orders are possible, but this one sounds smooth and normal.

Yes. Depending on context, good translations could include:

• In last week’s workshop, the facilitator asked everyone to read one paragraph aloud.
• At the workshop last week, the instructor asked each person to read one paragraph out loud.
• During last week’s workshop, the facilitator asked each participant to read a paragraph aloud.

The Hebrew structure stays the same, but English offers a few natural choices.