Psalms 62:9

9 aThose of low estate are but a breath;
those of high estate bare a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
cthey are together lighter than a breath.

Psalms 78:33

33So he made dtheir days evanish like
Hebrew in
a breath,
Or vapor

and their years in terror.

Psalms 144:4

4 hMan is like a breath;
his days are like ia passing jshadow.

Ecclesiastes 6:11-12

11The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man? 12For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his kvain
The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
life, which he passes like ma shadow? For who can tell man what will be nafter him under the sun?

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