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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.