Human life (חַיֵּי אָדָם)
Human life (חַיֵּי אָדָם)

Human life

The life of a human being; a person's existence on earth.

("And when the Holy One, blessed be He, showed him the righteous who were destined to come from him, He gave him one day of His own, which is a thousand years, as it is said, 'For a thousand years in Your sight' (Psalms 90), and He withheld from him seventy years and gave them to his sons and grandsons until the end of all generations, as it is said, 'The days of our years are seventy years, and so on' (ibid. v. 10). Thus Adam's life was found to be nine hundred and thirty years" — Tractates Ketanot, Avot de-Rabbi Natan, Version B, chapter 42)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חַיֵּי אָדָם

Definition (Hebrew)

חַיִּים שֶׁל בֶּן אֱנוֹשׁ. קִיּוּם הָאָדָם עֲלֵי אֲדָמוֹת.

("וְכֵיוָן שֶׁהֶרְאָהוּ הקב"ה הַצַּדִּיקִים שֶׁהֵן עֲתִידִין לָצֵאת מִמֶּנּוּ נָתַן לוֹ יוֹם אֶחָד מִשֶּׁלּוֹ שֶׁהוּא אֶלֶף שָׁנִים שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר כִּי אֶלֶף שָׁנִים בְּעֵינֶיךָ (תְּהִלִּים צ) וּמָנַע הַמָּקוֹם מִמֶּנּוּ שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וּנְתָנָם לְבָנָיו וְלִבְנֵי בָּנָיו עַד סוֹף כָּל הַדּוֹרוֹת שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר יְמֵי שְׁנוֹתֵינוּ בָהֶם שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וְגֵו' (שָׁם שָׁם י') נִמְצְאוּ חַיֵּי אָדָם אֲשֶׁר חַי תְּשַׁע מֵאוֹת וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה"-מַסֶּכְתּוֹת קְטַנּוֹת מַסֶּכֶת אָבוֹת דְּרַבִּי נָתָן נֻסְחָא ב פֶּרֶק מב)

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