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A human beingאָדָםis likeדָּמָהa vapor;לַהֶבֶלhis daysיָמָיוare like a shadowכְּצֵלthat passes.עוֹבֵר
Psalms 144:4
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With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 144:4, word by word
- A human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- is likeדָּמָהdama
liken
To be like another, or to set one thing beside another as equal.
Where else “dama” appears- a vaporהֶבֶלhevel
vapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “hevel” appears- his daysיָמָיyamay
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamay” appears- are like a shadowצֵלtsel
shadow
A shadow: the dark shape something leaves when it blocks the light, and which soon passes.
Where else “tsel” appears- that passesעוֹבֵרover
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “over” appears
The context
3YHWH, what is a human being that you know him, the son of a mortal that you take account of him?
4 · This verse (above)
5YHWH, bend your heavens and come down; touch the mountains, and they will smoke.