בָּ֙נוּ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בָּ֙נוּ֙

   BA-nu

   over us
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־מֹשְׁלִ֥ים בָּ֙נוּ֙

   ki-mo-she-LIM BA-nu

   that ruling over us
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּרְד֡וּ שְׁלֹשֶׁת֩ אֲלָפִ֨ים אִ֜ישׁ מִֽיהוּדָ֗ה אֶל־סְעִיף֮ סֶ֣לַע עֵיטָם֒ וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ לְשִׁמְשׁ֗וֹן הֲלֹ֤א יָדַ֙עְתָּ֙ כִּֽי־מֹשְׁלִ֥ים בָּ֙נוּ֙ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וּמַה־זֹּ֖את עָשִׂ֣יתָ לָּ֑נוּ

   va-yer-DU she-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ISH mi-ye-hu-DA el-se-IF SE-la e-TAM va-yom-RU le-shim-SHON ha-LO ya-DAT-ta ki-mo-she-LIM BA-nu pe-lish-TIM u-ma-ZOT a-SI-ta LA-nu

   and they went down three of thousands men from Judah to the cleft of the rock Etam and they said to Samson is it not you know that ruling over us the Philistines and what is this you have done to us
4. sentence🔊 וַיֵּרְד֡וּ שְׁלֹשֶׁת֩ אֲלָפִ֨ים אִ֜ישׁ מִֽיהוּדָ֗ה אֶל־סְעִיף֮ סֶ֣לַע עֵיטָם֒ וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ לְשִׁמְשׁ֗וֹן הֲלֹ֤א יָדַ֙עְתָּ֙ כִּֽי־מֹשְׁלִ֥ים בָּ֙נוּ֙ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וּמַה־זֹּ֖את עָשִׂ֣יתָ לָּ֑נוּ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁר֙ עָ֣שׂוּ לִ֔י כֵּ֖ן עָשִׂ֥יתִי לָהֶֽם׃

   va-yer-DU she-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ISH mi-ye-hu-DA el-se-IF SE-la e-TAM va-yom-RU le-shim-SHON ha-LO ya-DAT-ta ki-mo-she-LIM BA-nu pe-lish-TIM u-ma-ZOT a-SI-ta LA-nu va-YO-mer la-HEM ka-a-SHER a-SU LI KEN a-SI-ti la-HEM

   and they went down three of thousands men from Judah to the cleft of the rock Etam and they said to Samson is it not you know that ruling over us the Philistines and what is this you have done to us and he said to them as they did to me so I did to them

Exegesis

Dialogue introduction via vayomru {وַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyōmrû} ‘they said’ leads into a rhetorical question framed by the interrogative-negation halo {הֲלֹא | hălōʾ} “is it not,” followed by yadata ki moshlim banu {יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־מֹשְׁלִים בָּנוּ | yāḏaʿtā kî mōšəlîm bānû} “you know that the Philistines rule over us.”