Psalms 39:5
See, you have made my days only the width of my hand, and my lifetime is like nothing before you. Surely every man is a single breath. SelahThis verse in the real world
In what words
- חֶלֶדcheledlife (as a fleeting portion of time); hence, the world (as transient)
- טֵפַחṭêphacha spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not 'span' of the fingers); architecturally, a
- כֹּלkôlproperly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural
- הֶבֶלhebelemptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as
- נָצַבnâtsabto station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
- אָדָםʼâdâmruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- יוֹםyôwma day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to
- נָתַןnâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 89:47, Psa 144:4, Psa 62:9, Psa 90:9–10, Psa 39:11, Ecc 2:11, Job 14:1–2, Jas 4:14