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{{ExegeticalNote
|Layer=Grammar
|VerseRange=v. 12
|Diagram=v-12-None
|Hebrew Word=בַר
|Text=The word '''בַר''' is interpreted by some as an adjective ("kiss the pure one") and by others as an adverb ("kiss purely>>sincerely"). The adverbial interpretation is unlikely since "בַּר occurs nowhere else as an adverb" and "the stem נשקו, moreover, never appears in classical Hebrew without an object."<ref>Prince 1900, 2; cf. NIDOTTE.</ref> The adjectival interpretation ("pure one") is possible, but it is less likely than the interpretation of the word as a noun meaning (in Aramaic) "son." See [[The Text and Meaning of Ps. 2:12a]].
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