Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Richard:

Look at the context, starting from the first verse. Who is the subject of
the sentences? Is it the same subject throughout the psalm? Is it the same
subject in this verse?

My reading is that it is the same subject, and that is YHWH.

He made the moon, he knows where the sun goes.

You need to keep the context in mind whenever you read Tanakh. It also makes
it a lot easier to understand.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Richard <aaa AT endlyss.com> wrote:

> Psalm 104:19 "He made the moon for appointed times; The sun knows its (his)
> going down."
>
> The sun knows its (the sun's own) going down?
>
> or
>
> The sun knows the moon's going down (moonset)?
>
> How does the grammar work here? Is it cut and dried as to meaning one way
> or the other?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Richard Conaway