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Yours isלְךָthe day,יוֹםyoursלְךָalsoאַףthe night;לָיְלָהyouאַתָּהestablishedהֲכִינוֹתָthe luminaryמָאוֹרand the sun.וָשָׁמֶשׁ
Psalms 74:16
Study it in the app“Yours is the day, yours also the night; you established the luminary and the sun.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 74:16, word by word
- the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- the nightלָיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- establishedהֲכִינוֹתָhachinota
establish
To make something firm, establish it.
Where else “hachinota” appears- the luminaryמָאוֹרmaor
luminary
The sun, moon and stars.
Where else “maor” appears- and the sunשָׁמֶשׁshamesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shamesh” appears
Translation note
“The luminary”: the moon, or the lights of the sky in general.
The context
15You opened spring and brook; you dried up constant rivers.
16 · This verse (above)
17You fixed all the boundaries of the earth; summer and winter, you formed them.