המנהלת ביקשה שאתייק את המסמך מיד אחרי שהיא תחתום עליו.

המנהלת means the manager / the female director. The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, equivalent to the in English.

So:

• מנהלת = a manager or just manager
• המנהלת = the manager

In this sentence, the speaker is talking about a specific manager, so המנהלת is used.

Also, מנהלת here is feminine. A masculine version would usually be המנהל.

Because the subject, המנהלת, is feminine singular.

Hebrew past tense agrees with the subject in gender and number:

• הוא ביקש = he asked
• היא ביקשה = she asked

Since המנהלת is feminine, the verb must also be feminine: ביקשה.

שאתייק is made of two parts:

• ש־ = that
• אתייק = I will file / I should file

So together it means something like that I file or that I should file, depending on the context.

Hebrew very often attaches short particles like ש־ directly to the following word, so instead of writing ש אתייק, it is normally written שאתייק.

This is very normal in Hebrew.

After verbs like asked, wanted, said, hoped, Hebrew often uses ש־ plus a future-tense verb where English might use an infinitive or a different construction.

So:

• ביקשה שאתייק literally looks like she asked that I will file
• but in natural English it means she asked me to file

This is a very common Hebrew pattern. The future form here does not necessarily mean simple future in the English sense; it often expresses something expected, intended, requested, or supposed to happen.

Yes. That would also be natural:

• המנהלת ביקשה ממני לתייק את המסמך... = The manager asked me to file the document...

The two versions are close in meaning, but the structure is different:

• ביקשה שאתייק = asked that I file
• ביקשה ממני לתייק = asked me to file

The version in your sentence is perfectly standard and is especially common in spoken and written Hebrew.

It comes from the verb לתייק, which means to file, to put into a file, or sometimes to archive in a folder.

This verb is related to תיק, which means file, folder, or bag, depending on context.

Some useful forms:

• לתייק = to file
• אני אתייק = I will file
• הוא יְתַיֵּק / היא תְּתַיֵּק are not the usual forms for this meaning; instead, for to file something, the common future forms are based on the same verb pattern as אתייק, תתייק, יתייק, etc.

In your sentence, אתייק means I file / I will file, depending on how you translate the clause.

The word את marks a definite direct object.

Since המסמך means the document, it is definite, so Hebrew uses את before it:

• את המסמך = the document as a direct object

Compare:

• קראתי ספר = I read a book
• קראתי את הספר = I read the book

So in your sentence, את המסמך means that the speaker is referring to a specific document.

מיד אחרי means immediately after or right after.

The parts are:

• מיד = immediately
• אחרי = after

So:

• מיד אחרי שהיא תחתום עליו = immediately after she signs it

You may also see מיד לאחר ש... in more formal Hebrew, with a very similar meaning.

Both patterns exist in Hebrew, but they are used a little differently.

Your sentence has:

• אחרי שהיא תחתום עליו = literally after she signs it

This is a full clause with an explicit subject: היא = she.

Hebrew could also say:

• אחרי שתחתום עליו

That also means after she signs it, but the subject is understood from the verb form תחתום.

Using שהיא can make the subject clearer or slightly more explicit. In many contexts, both versions are natural.

After words like אחרי when talking about a future event, Hebrew often uses the future tense.

So:

• אחרי שהיא תחתום עליו literally: after she will sign it but naturally in English: after she signs it

This is a common difference between Hebrew and English. English often uses the present tense after after, when, as soon as, etc., even when the meaning is future. Hebrew often uses the future tense more directly.

עליו literally means on him / on it, but in this sentence it means on it, referring to the document.

It is made from:

• על = on
• ־יו = him / it (masculine singular suffix)

Because מסמך is a masculine noun, the pronoun suffix is masculine singular:

• המסמך ... עליו = the document ... on it

With the verb לחתום על, Hebrew says literally to sign on something, whereas English usually just says to sign something.

So:

• לחתום על המסמך = to sign the document
• תחתום עליו = she will sign it

Because Hebrew nouns have grammatical gender, not biological gender.

מסמך is grammatically masculine, so anything referring back to it must also be masculine singular:

• המסמך
• עליו

This does not mean the document is male in a real-world sense. It is just how Hebrew grammar works.

It sounds mostly neutral standard Hebrew.

Nothing in it is especially slangy or highly literary. A native speaker could say this in everyday conversation or write it in a normal message.

A few notes:

• המנהלת ביקשה שאתייק... sounds completely natural.
• מיד אחרי שהיא תחתום עליו is also normal and clear.
• A slightly more compact version might be המנהלת ביקשה שאתייק את המסמך מיד אחרי שתחתום עליו.

So the sentence is standard and useful to learn.