Psalm 19/Notes/Grammar.V. 3.131826

• Option 1: יוֹם//לַיְלָה as subjects and לְיוֹם and לְּלַיְלָה as adverbials. Cf. GNT: "Each day announces it to the following day; each night repeats it to the next" (so Jenni [lamed illocutionis rubric 622]; Radak). For לְ with the verb הביע, see Prov 1:23 (אַבִּ֣יעָה לָכֶ֣ם רוּחִ֑י). Cf. the analogous clause in Ps 145:4—דּ֣וֹר לְ֭דוֹר יְשַׁבַּ֣ח מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ, which most modern translations understand as "one generation will declare to another" (cf. NIV, NLT, ESV, NJPS, NET, HFA, ZÜR, GNB etc.; so also Jerome: generatio ad generationem; but see LXX: γενεὰ καὶ γενεὰ). Bratcher and Reyburn summarize the verse as follows: "Each day talks about God's glory to the next day... Every night shares knowledge of God with the following night" (1991, 189). The image is perhaps similar to the Seraphim in Isa 6, who proclaim YHWH's glory to one another— וְקָרָ֨א זֶ֤ה אֶל־זֶה֙ וְאָמַ֔ר קָד֧וֹשׁ׀ קָד֛וֹשׁ קָד֖וֹשׁ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת מְלֹ֥א כָל־הָאָ֖רֶץ כְּבוֹדֽוֹ׃.