cha.del describes refusal or being rejected, and in one psalmic context the brevity of human life.

The attested uses chiefly concern refusing or being rejected: a hearer may refuse in Ezekiel 3:27, and a man is rejected in Isaiah 53:3. In Psalm 39:5, the adjective occurs within a statement that human lifetime is negligible before God, indicating a fleeting or limited existence.

1. Refusing or being rejected · dominant

   In Ezekiel 3:27, the masculine singular absolute form occurs in the contrast between those who hear and those who refuse; the APB renders the clause, “whoever refuses will refuse.” In Isaiah 53:3, the masculine singular construct form appears in the description of a man whom the APB says was “despised and rejected by men.”

   Ezekiel 3:27Isaiah 53:3
2. Fleeting human existence · rare

   In Psalm 39:5, the masculine singular absolute form stands in a statement about days being only a few handbreadths and a lifetime being nothing before God; the APB renders the verse as concluding that every person is “altogether vanity.”

   Psalm 39:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term’s contexts with “refuses,” “rejected,” and a description of a lifetime as “nothing” and persons as “vanity.” These renderings confirm the clauses’ overall movement rather than assigning each English expression directly to the term.