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# the Pleiades and Orion
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People saw patterns in the stars in the sky and gave names to them. These are two of those patterns. Alternate translation: "the stars" or "the groups of stars" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-unknown]])
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# he turns darkness into the morning ... day dark with night
"he makes the night become morning, and he makes the day become night." This refers to causing the times of the day.
# calls for the waters ... on the surface of the earth
This represents God causing the sea water to fall on the earth as rain. Alternate translation: "he takes the waters of the sea and makes them rain down on the surface of the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# Yahweh is his name!
By declaring his name, Yahweh is declaring his power and authority to do these things.