הנהגת בלמה בזמן.

The driver braked in time.

Breakdown of הנהגת בלמה בזמן.

• בזמן: in time
• נהגת: female driver
• לבלום: to brake

Questions & Answers about הנהגת בלמה בזמן.

Why does הנהגת end in -ת? Does that mean the driver is female?

Yes. Here הנהגת means the female driver. The ending -ת is a common feminine ending in Hebrew nouns.

The masculine form would be הנהג = the male driver.

That feminine subject is also why the verb is feminine: בלמה = she braked.

How do I know הנהגת is a noun here and not a verb form?

A very helpful clue is the ה־ at the beginning. Here it is the definite article, meaning the, so הנהגת is the driver.

Without vowels, some Hebrew forms can look ambiguous, but in this sentence the structure makes it clear:

• הנהגת = the subject noun
• בלמה = the verb

So the sentence is built as subject + verb + adverbial phrase.

What exactly is בלמה grammatically?

בלמה is the past tense, third-person feminine singular form of לבלום, which means to brake.

So:

• בלם = he braked
• בלמה = she braked

It agrees with הנהגת, which is feminine singular.