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His breathרוּחוֹgoes out;תֵּצֵאhe returnsיָשֻׁבto his ground;לְאַדְמָתוֹon thatבַּ הַהוּאdayיּוֹםhis thoughtsעֶשְׁתֹּנֹתָיוperish.אָבְדוּ
Psalms 146:4
Study it in the app“His breath goes out; he returns to his ground; on that day his thoughts perish.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 146:4, word by word
- His breathרוּחruch
breath
Literally "wind": the air that leaves the lungs.
Where else “ruch” appears- goes outתֵּצֵאtetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tetse” appears- he returnsיָשֻׁבyashuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuv” appears- to his groundאַדְמָתadmat
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “admat” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- his thoughtsעֶשְׁתֹּנֹתָיeshtonotay
thought, plan
Thought, a plan someone has in mind.
Where else “eshtonotay” appears- perishאָבְדוּavdu
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “avdu” appears
The context
3Do not trust in nobles, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
4 · This verse (above)
5Happy is he whose help is the El of Jacob, whose hope is in YHWH his Elohim,