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Onlyאַךְas an imageבְּצֶלֶםdoes a manאִישׁwalk about;יִתְהַלֶּךְonlyאַךְfor vaporהֶבֶלare they agitated;יֶהֱמָיוּןhe heaps upיִצְבֹּרand does notוְלֹאknowיֵדַעwhoמִיwill gather it.אֹסְפָם
Psalms 39:6
Study it in the app“Only as an image does a man walk about; only for vapor are they agitated; he heaps up and does not know who will gather it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 39:6, word by word
- as an imageצֶלֶםtselem
shadow
A shadow without substance.
Where else “tselem” appears- does a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- walk aboutיִתְהַלֶּךְyithalech
roam
To move about with no fixed course, roaming a place.
Where else “yithalech” appears- for vaporהֶבֶלhevel
vapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “hevel” appears- are they agitatedיֶהֱמָיוּyehemayu
moan
To be restless inside, groan.
Where else “yehemayu” appears- he heaps upיִצְבֹּרyitsbor
heap up, store
Heap up, pile up, store.
Where else “yitsbor” appears- knowיֵדַעyeda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yeda” appears- will gather itאֹסְפָosfa
gather
To bring together what was scattered, like the harvest.
Where else “osfa” appears
Translation note
“As an image”: like a figure without a body, a shadow that passes.
The context
5Look, as handbreadths you have made my days, and my lifetime is as nothing before you; only a vapor is every human being standing firm. Selah.
6 · This verse (above)
7And now, what have I waited for, Adonai? My expectation is in you.