הָרֹאִ֖ים

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הָרֹאִ֖ים

   ha-ro-IM

   the ones seeing
2. clause🔊 וְעַל־הַגָּ֗ג כִּשְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת אֲלָפִים֙ אִ֣ישׁ וְאִשָּׁ֔ה הָרֹאִ֖ים בִּשְׂח֥וֹק שִׁמְשֽׁוֹן׃

   ve-al-ha-GAG kish-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ISH ve-i-SHA ha-ro-IM bis-KHOK shim-SHON

   and on the roof about three thousands a man and a woman the ones seeing at the sport of Samson
3. sentence🔊 וְהַבַּ֗יִת מָלֵ֤א הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ וְהַנָּשִׁ֔ים וְשָׁ֕מָּה כֹּ֖ל סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וְעַל־הַגָּ֗ג כִּשְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת אֲלָפִים֙ אִ֣ישׁ וְאִשָּׁ֔ה הָרֹאִ֖ים בִּשְׂח֥וֹק שִׁמְשֽׁוֹן׃

   ve-ha-BA-yit ma-LE ha-a-na-SHIM ve-ha-na-SHIM ve-SHA-ma KOL sar-NE pe-lish-TIM ve-al-ha-GAG kish-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ISH ve-i-SHA ha-ro-IM bis-KHOK shim-SHON

   and the house was full of the men and the women and there all the lords of the Philistines and on the roof about three thousands a man and a woman the ones seeing at the sport of Samson

Exegesis

Finally, the participle ha-roim {הָרֹאִ֖ים | hā-rō-ʾîm} ‘the watchers’ combined with bis-khok {בִּשְׂח֥וֹק | bĭs-ḥōq} ‘in laughter’ of Shimshon {שִׁמְשֽׁוֹן | Šim-šōn} portrays the crowd’s reaction as a participial circumstantial clause, highlighting the spectacle’s mockery.