Psalm 19/Notes/Grammar.V. 7.308222

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  • The preposition על sometimes functions as a "contingent locative" (BHRG 39.20), i.e., "The trajector x is not horizontally above the trajector y, but in close proximity to it" (BHRG 39.20, citing Gen 24:43 and Ps 110:5). Hence, "at their edges" rather than "above their edges."[1]
  1. ↑ Mena, by contrast, categorizes this occurrence of על as "To, the [trajector] is directed towards the end goal, which is the [landmark]" (2012, 122); cf. LXX εως.