The end of man is death and the end of an animal is slaughter/ "man's final destiny is death and the end of an animal is slaughter"/ man born to die (סוֹף אָדָם לָמוּת וְסוֹף בְּהֵמָה לַשְּׁחִיטָה)

The end of man is death and the end of an animal is slaughter/ "man's final destiny is death and the end of an animal is slaughter"/ man born to die

All creatures eventually die. No one lives forever.

("Daiov said: The end of man is death, the end of an animal is slaughter, and all of them stand facing death" - Berakhot 17a)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

סוֹף אָדָם לָמוּת וְסוֹף בְּהֵמָה לַשְּׁחִיטָה

Definition (Hebrew)

כָּל הַיְּצוּרִים סוֹפָם לָמוּת. אֵין מִי שֶׁחַי לָנֶצַח.

("דָּאיוֹב אָמַר הֲכִי: סוֹף אָדָם לָמוּת, וְסוֹף בְּהֵמָה לִשְׁחִיטָה, וְהַכֹּל לְמִיתָה הֵם עוֹמְדִים"- בְּרָכוֹת יז ע"א)

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