Psalms 90:3

“You turn back the mortal to dust, and say, “Return, human beings.””

Psalms 90:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Moses prays: before the mountains were born, God already was; a thousand years are like yesterdayWho God Is

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Psalms 90:3, word by word

You turn backתָּשֵׁבtashev

return

To go back to a place.

Where else “tashev” appears
the mortalאֱנוֹשׁenosh

man, mortal

Man, mortal: the human being seen in his weakness; also people in general.

Where else “enosh” appears
to dustדַּכָּאdaka

dust

Earth ground very fine.

Where else “daka” appears
and sayתֹּאמֶרtomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “tomer” appears
human beingsבְנֵיvene

human being

Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.

Where else “vene” appears
human beingsאָדָםadam

human being

All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.

Where else “adam” appears

The context

2Before the mountains were born, or you gave birth to the earth and the world, even from forever to forever you are El.

3 · This verse (above)

4For a thousand years in your eyes are like the day of yesterday when it passes, and like a watch in the night.

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