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Whatמִיmanגֶבֶרwill liveיִחְיֶהand notוְלֹאseeיִרְאֶהdeath,מָּוֶתwho can makeיְמַלֵּטhis soulנַפְשׁוֹescapeיְמַלֵּטfrom the handמִיַּדof Sheol?שְׁאוֹלSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 89:48
Study it in the app“What man will live and not see death, who can make his soul escape from the hand of Sheol? Selah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 89:48, word by word
- manגֶבֶרgever
man
Man, a grown man in his strength.
Where else “gever” appears- will liveיִחְיֶהyichye
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “yichye” appears- seeיִרְאֶהyire
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yire” appears- deathמָּוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears- who can makeיְמַלֵּטyemalet
rescue
To bring another out of danger and set him safe.
Where else “yemalet” appears- his soulנַפְשׁnafsh
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” appears- from the handיַּדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- of Sheolשְׁאוֹלsheol
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appears- Selahסֶלָהsela
Selah
Selah: a word found at the end of some stanzas of the psalms. It is probably a direction for the music or a pause; its exact sense is unknown, so it is left in Hebrew.
Where else “sela” appears
The context
47Remember what my lifespan is; for what vanity have you created all human beings?
48 · This verse (above)
49Where are your former loyal loves, Adonai, which you swore to David by your faithfulness?