אֵלֵ֥ינוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֵלֵ֥ינוּ

   e-LEI-nu

   to us
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֵלֵ֥ינוּ נִמְשָֽׁלְתָּ׃

   e-LEI-nu nim-shal-TA

   to us you have been made like or you have become like
3. clause🔊 גַּם־אַתָּ֛ה חֻלֵּ֥יתָ כָמ֖וֹנוּ אֵלֵ֥ינוּ נִמְשָֽׁלְתָּ׃

   gam-A-ta khu-LEI-ta kha-MO-nu e-LEI-nu nim-shal-TA

   also you you have been made weak or you have become weak like us to us you have been made like or you have become like
4. sentence🔊 כֻּלָּ֣ם יַֽעֲנ֔וּ וְיֹאמְר֖וּ אֵלֶ֑יךָ גַּם־אַתָּ֛ה חֻלֵּ֥יתָ כָמ֖וֹנוּ אֵלֵ֥ינוּ נִמְשָֽׁלְתָּ׃

   ku-LAM ya-a-NU ve-yo-me-RU e-LE-kha gam-A-ta khu-LEI-ta kha-MO-nu e-LEI-nu nim-shal-TA

   all of them they will answer and they will say to you also you you have been made weak or you have become weak like us to us you have been made like or you have become like

Exegesis

The Pual perfect chuleita {חֻלֵּיתָ | ḥûlêytā} conveys intensive passive “become feeble,” and the following prepositional phrase kamonu eleinu {כָּמוֹנוּ אֵלֵינוּ | kāmōnû ʾêlênû} establishes comparison “like us.”