H6250 H6250
thought, plan, or purpose (especially those that perish with death)
This rare Hebrew noun appears only in Psalm 146:4, where it describes the thoughts or plans of a mortal that vanish when breath departs. The word carries a sense of fragility—the mental schemes and purposes that seem so important in life but disappear at death. Multilingual evidence (Spanish pensamientos, French pensée, German Plans) consistently interprets this as cognitive activity or planning that proves temporary when human life ends.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Refers specifically to the fleeting thoughts, plans, or mental schemes of mortals that cease at death. The context in Psalm 146:4 emphasizes the transience of human ideas and intentions, contrasting mortal planning with divine reliability. The word captures both the cognitive and purposeful dimensions of what perishes when 'his breath departs.' 1×
AR["أَفْكَارُهُ"]·ben["তার-পরিকল্পনাগুলি"]·DE["sein-plans"]·EN["his-plans"]·FR["pensée"]·heb["עשתונותיו"]·HI["उसके-विचार"]·ID["rencana-rencananya"]·IT["[עשתנתיו]"]·jav["rancangan-rancangan-ipun"]·KO["그의-계획들이"]·PT["seus-pensamentos"]·RU["помышления-его"]·ES["sus-pensamientos"]·SW["mipango-yake"]·TR["planları"]·urd["اُس-کے-منصوبے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [עֶשְׁתּוֹן] n.f. id. (Aramaic: 𝔗 עֶשְׁתּוֹנִין; cstr. עשׁתוני Ecclus 3:24);—pl. sf. אָֽבְדוּ עֶשְׁתֹּנֹתָיו ψ 146:4.