Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Steve:

The verb can come anywhere in the sentence, especially in poetry. There is
nothing that says that “he knows” can’t be between “sun” and “its going”.
That’s why the context is so important.

Karl W. Randolph.

2010/8/8 Steve Miller <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net>

> Karl & Yigal,
> I don't think that works with the verb placed between "sun" and "his
> going".
>
> If you are going to make the subject YHWH, then the pronoun suffix on
> the last word in the verse, מְבוֹאֽוֹ, "his going" would mean YHWH's going,
> not the sun's, which doesn't make sense. If the subject of the verb were to
> be YHWH, then "sun" should be adjacent to "his going".
>
> Richard,
> Like English, the pronoun's antecedent is generally the closest
> preceding one that makes sense. So the antecedent of "his" in "his going" is
> the sun.
> If the writer wanted "his going" to refer to the moon's, then I think
> he should start the sentence with "his going" so that it could refer back
> to the moon.
>
> Sincerely,
> -Steve Miller
> Detroit
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