cant change keyboard layout with xdotool

Question

trying to get the current string written in the search bar in Firefox to be copied to my clipboard, than translating it like it was written in Hebrew keyboard layout, than pasting the translated string, and then changing keyboard layout.

#!/bin/bash


declare -A engToHeb=(
[q]="/" [w]="'"
  [e]="ק" [r]="ר" [t]="א" [y]="ט" [u]="ו"
  [i]="ן" [o]="ם" [p]="פ"
  [a]="ש" [s]="ד" [d]="ג" [f]="כ" [g]="ע"
  [h]="י" [j]="ח" [k]="ל" [l]="ך" [;]="ף"
  [z]="ז" [x]="ס" [c]="ב"
  [v]="ה" [b]="נ" [n]="מ"
  [m]="צ"
  [,]="ת"
  [ ]=" "
)

declare -A hebToEng=(
  [/]="q" [\']="w" [ק]="e" [ר]="r" [א]="t" [ט]="y" [ו]="u"
  [ן]="i" [ם]="o" [פ]="p" [ש]="a" [ד]="s" [ג]="d" [כ]="f"
  [ע]="g" [י]="h" [ח]="j" [ל]="k" [ך]="l" [ף]=";"
  [ז]="z" [ס]="x" [ב]="c" [ה]="v" [נ]="b" [מ]="n" [צ]="m"
  [ ]=" "
)

xdotool keyup Shift+Super+Left key shift+Home
xdotool keyup Shift+Super+Left key ctrl+x
word=$(xclip -o -selection clipboard)

for ((i=0;i<${#word};i++))
do
my_char=${word:$i:1}
new_word+=${engToHeb[$my_char]}
new_word+=${hebToEng[$my_char]}
done

echo $new_word | xclip -selection clipboard

xdotool keyup Shift+Super+Left key ctrl+v
xdotool keyup Shift+Super+Left key alt+shift

alt shift is a bind for toggeling to hebrew/english