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[b-hebrew] Psalm 45:5

From: JBarach AT aol.com
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [b-hebrew] Psalm 45:5
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:23:39 EST

B-Haverim --

In Psalm 45:5, what is the meaning of על־דבר־אמת (I hope the Hebrew
comes through in this e-mail!)? It appears that most people translate על־דבר
as "for the sake of" or "because of." Is that the sense of this phrase?

Help!

John

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[b-hebrew] Psalm 45:5, JBarach, 11/20/2007
- Re: [b-hebrew] Psalm 45:5, K Randolph, 11/20/2007