Does "Af" mean 'even'?
Rashi, Ibn Ezra: It is all the more so. Malbim - man is lowly regarding his lifespan, his beginning and his end.
Devar Eliyahu: Yes - man has the same shortcomings as houses.
Who are "Shochenei Vatei Chomer"?
Ibn Ezra #1: People, who live in physical houses.
Ibn Ezra #2: Avadav and Mal'achav are higher beings without a body. People's Nefashos are hewn from them. Shochenei Vatei Chomer are the bodies.
Devar Eliyahu: There are three shortcomings in a house. Its material is earth, its foundation is earth, and moths consume it. So man has three shortcomings. His substance is earth, his Yesod is earth (Adam ha'Rishon, from which mankind comes), and worms consume him in his death.
Malbim: People, i.e. their Nefashos, dwell in bodies made from earth.
How is "be'Afar Yesodam"?
Rashi: Their grave is in the earth.
Ibn Ezra #2: People's bodies are composed of earth.
Malbim: The body begins from a putrid drop of semen.
What is the meaning of "Yedake'um Lifnei Ash"?
Rashi: Shamayim weakens them until they are lowly, and worms consume them in their death.
Ibn Ezra: Physical houses crush those who dwell in them, so the body will be consumed.
Ibn Ezra: Most explain Lifnei Ash 'in front of the sun', i.e. forever. Ash is like "v'Ayish Al Baneha Sanchem."
Malbim: In the end, worms will consume the body.
