Days of One's Life/ his lifetime
The days of his life in this world (Held Masma means the days of his life).
("Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You; surely every man stands as mere vanity. Selah" — Psalms 39:6; and likewise: "I have already learned in my days of life not to jump immediately at a new idea, but to let it ripen for a while" — A. Amir / The Love of Saul, 309)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יְמֵי חֶלְדּוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
יְמֵי חַיָּיו בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה (חֶלֶד מַשְׁמָע יְמֵי הַחַיִּים).
("הִנֵּה טְפָחוֹת נָתַתָּה יָמַי וְחֶלְדִּי כְאַיִן נֶגְדֶּךָ אַךְ כָּל הֶבֶל כָּל אָדָם נִצָּב סֶלָה"- תְּהִלִּים לט ו, וְכֵן:"כְּבָר לָמַדְתִּי בִּימֵי חֶלְדִּי שֶׁלֹּא לִקְפֹּץ מִיָּד עַל רַעְיוֹן חָדָשׁ, אֶלָּא לְהַנִּיחַ לוֹ לְהַבְשִׁיל פֶּרֶק זְמַן"- א.עָמִיר/ אַהֲבַת שָׁאוּל, 309)