Psalm 45/Notes/Grammar.v. 2.310913

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v. 2 – According to the rest of the psalm, the poet’s heart is "stirred" by a powerful theme or topic, rather than word or matter, which are more frequent senses of דָּבָר. For our preferred gloss, theme, see BDB.[1]

  1. SDBH offers (a) a materialized act of speech; ◄ a breath which becomes audible as a language utterance ► with communicative function – word, matter; and (b) perhaps as an extension of [a]: = materialized actions or events, in some way resultant from acts of speech – thing, event.