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PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (A vine can regrow from a root that is carefully transplanted)

PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (Cedar trees are strong but grow slowly)
PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (Chaff is light and cannot be used (apart from animal feed). It is often used to symbolise the worthless.)
PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (Grass (חציר) and green leafy plants )ירק דשׁא) quickly wither away)
PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (Grass (חציר) sprouts in the morning and dries by the evening (ie. life cycle of one day?))
PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (Green vegetation (עשב) is susceptible to being ‘struck’ and ‘drying out’ (common occurrence in arid climate?))
PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (Green vegetation is short-lived and weak and spreads rampantly and widely)
PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (Green vegetation is susceptible to drying out / withering)
PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (Palm trees are difficult to cut down but very productive (oil, nuts, etc.))
PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (Plants in the courtyards of the house of Y … Plants in the courtyards of the house of Yahweh are fruitful and leafy for many years [however, the conceptual blend is complex here to what extent does the reader infer a plant or a person in the courtyard of Yahweh? See Brown 2002 for iconographic associations between palms and temples, eg. the relief from palace at Mari - so perhaps there were actual palms associated with the temple. Also note the conclusion p.73-74: ‘trees in proximity to the sanctuary held an ambivalent place in ancient Israelite faith and cultic practice’. Note also the ‘leafy tree’ here is a positive image because of association to Yahweh, as opposed to the more general condemnation of leafy trees in unorthodox cultic practice elsewhere in the Bible]ox cultic practice elsewhere in the Bible])
PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (Seasonal fruitfulness for a tree relies on being planted near a suitable water supply)
PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (Some worthless parts of plants (מֹץ) are blown away by the wind)
PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (Some worthless parts of plants (מֹץ) are blown away by the wind)
PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (The leaves of a tree by water will not dry up)
PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (Vine roots can be dug up and transplanted to new locations)
PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (Vines and olive trees produce useful, good tasting food (is it part of the point of the similes here that vines and olive branches produce food that is ‘beyond the basics’ - the nice things? Or…?))
PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (Vines are at risk from wild boars, insects, people who pass by and pick fruit)
PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (Vineyards require skilled gardeners, prepared soil, protected space (walls))
PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (Wild flowers are susceptible to hot winds (wither in their presence))
PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (Wild flowers leave no lasting impact, once they die there is no trace they were there [potential contrast to roots or stumps from which shoots will come again])
PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (Wind is the means of winnowing (separating grain from chaff). It depends on the lightness of chaff compared to the heaviness of grain. This plays into the HONOUR is HEAVY and TRIVIAL is LIGHT metaphors…)
PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (Withered grass is insubstantial, not enough to fill the hand of harvesters)
PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + ([Perhaps this should go under ‘cultural kn … [Perhaps this should go under ‘cultural knowledge’ above] The grass that naturally grows on earthen rooftops will wither quickly under the hot sun</br>Grass on a roof (חֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֑וֹת ) dries before it has a chance to be plucked [is this because of lack of roots? Would be helpful for someone to explore the cultural background here, and check this interpretation]</br>“These lines gives us a picture of a house with a flat roof where dust could settle, forming a fertile but shallow environment for the germination of grass seeds. However, the grass was doomed to wither and die quickly because of the lack of moisture and soil.” (comment on the parallel in 2 Kings 19.26 in the article about ‘grass’ in ‘Plants and Trees in the Bible’)grass’ in ‘Plants and Trees in the Bible’))
PEOPLE ARE PLANTS/RichKnowledge + (leafiness is a sign of flourishing)