che.led denotes the span of human life and, in some contexts, the world of human society.

The attested uses chiefly concern the limited course of human life, set against morning after gloom, human vanity, and death; a smaller group of contexts concerns the world or human sphere, including people whose portion is in this life and people of every social rank.

1. The span and limits of human life · dominant

   In Job 11:17 the absolute form occurs where the APB renders, “Your lifetime will rise above midday,” contrasting it with gloom becoming morning. Psalm 39:6 places the construct form in a verse about people pursuing vanity and uncertain who will gather accumulated goods, while Psalm 89:48 asks of the person who will live without seeing death; these contexts frame human life as bounded and vulnerable.

   Job 11:17Psalm 39:6Psalm 89:48
2. The world or human sphere of life · common

   In Psalm 17:14 the absolute form occurs in the clause the APB renders “men of the world whose portion is in this life,” followed by their children and remaining possessions. In Psalm 49:2, the same form occurs in an address that the APB renders as encompassing “Both low and high, rich and poor together,” presenting a broad human setting.

   Psalm 17:14Psalm 49:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “lifetime” in Job 11:17 and “world” and “this life” in Psalm 17:14. In Psalm 39:6, Psalm 49:2, and Psalm 89:48, the translation presents human vanity, social breadth, or death, but it does not clearly isolate this term’s contribution.