One who descends to dust/ dead
In elevated or literary language: someone who has already died and passed from the world.
("All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship; before Him all who go down to the dust shall bow, and he did not keep his soul alive" - Psalms 22:30)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יוֹרֵד עָפָר
Definition (Hebrew)
בִּמְלִיצָה: מִי שֶׁכְּבָר נִפְטַר וְהָלַךְ לְעוֹלָמוֹ.
("אָכְלוּ וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ כָּל דִּשְׁנֵי אֶרֶץ לְפָנָיו יִכְרְעוּ כָּל יוֹרְדֵי עָפָר וְנַפְשׁוֹ לֹא חִיָּה"- תְּהִלִּים כב ל)