Lexicon
עֶשְׁתֹּנָה
esh.to.nah
H6250
H:N-F Hebrew

thought

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Hebrew
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esh.to.nah denotes a person's plans or thoughts, which perish when that person returns to the earth.

The attested use places a person's thoughts or plans among what perish on the day that person's spirit departs and he returns to the earth.

Senses in use

  1. Plans that perish with a person · dominant

    In Psalm 146:4, the feminine plural construct form occurs in the clause describing what perishes on the day a person's spirit departs and he returns to the earth. The APB renders the verse, “on that very day his plans perish,”.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Psalm 146:4 the APB presents the clause as “his plans perish.” This rendering confirms the verse's overall statement rather than isolating the term exactly.

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