Week 11 · Lesson 11.6

The Intake · Liturgical Decoding

Liturgical text · tap a word to hear it

Aleinu:

Deconstruction

Use עלינו as a modern-style collective obligation structure.

Line-by-line breakdown · 4
  • עָלֵינוּ ('it is upon us') = the preposition עַל + the 1st-plural suffix ־נוּ ('us') — an inflected preposition from Week 7.
  • לְשַׁבֵּחַ ('to praise') is a Pi'el infinitive — spot the root שׁ-ב-ח.
  • לַאֲדוֹן הַכֹּל ('to the Master of all') stacks לְ + a noun, then a construct phrase.
  • Read the line once unpointed, rebuilding the vowels from the roots, then check yourself.