Psalms 104:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עָשָׂ֣ה יָ֭רֵחַ לְמוֹעֲדִ֑ים שֶׁ֝֗מֶשׁ יָדַ֥ע מְבוֹאֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

ʿāśāh yārēaḥ lĕmôʿadîm shemesh yādaʿ mĕbôʾô

Grammar Details

*ʿāśāh*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he made
*yārēaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - moon
*lĕmôʿadîm*: preposition *lě* + noun, masculine plural - for appointed times
*shemesh*: noun, feminine singular - sun
*yādaʿ*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it knows
*mĕbôʾô*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its setting

Word Meanings

*ʿāśāh*: made, did, created, fashioned
*yārēaḥ*: moon, month
*môʿadîm*: appointed times, seasons, festivals
*shemesh*: sun, sunlight
*yādaʿ*: knows, is aware of, perceives
*mĕbôʾô*: its setting, its going in, its entrance

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 1:14-18 : 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years: 15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
Deut 4:19 : 19 and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.
Job 31:26-28 : 26 If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness, 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand: 28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.
Job 38:12 : 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days [began], [And] caused the dayspring to know its place;
Ps 8:3 : 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
Ps 19:6 : 6 His going forth is from the end of the heavens, And his circuit unto the ends of it; And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Ps 136:7-9 : 7 To him that made great lights; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 8 The sun to rule by day; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 9 The moon and stars to rule by night; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever:
Jer 31:35 : 35 Thus saith Jehovah, who giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar; Jehovah of hosts is his name:

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