Sin death and beyond

SIN, DEATH AND BEYOND: M.M.NINAN
At the command of God "the earth brought forth green ‏,(ּדׁשא)‏ seed yielding herb ‏,((‏breh‏)עׂשב)‏
‏".(ּפרי עץ)‏ and fruit-bearing fruit-trees
These three classes embrace all the productions of the vegetable kingdom.
lit., the young, tender green, which shoots up after rain and covers the meadows ‏,ּדׁשא •
and downs (2 Samuel 23:4; Job 38:27; Joel 2:22; Psalm 23:2), is a generic name for all
grasses and cryptogamous plants.
yielding or forming seed, is used as a generic term for ‏,זרע מזריע with the epithet ‏,עׂשב •
all herbaceous plants, corn, vegetables, and other plants by which seed-pods are
formed.
not only fruit-trees, but all trees and shrubs, bearing fruit in which there is a seed ‏:פרי עץ •
according to its kind, i.e., fruit with kernels. הארץ על (upon the earth) is not to be joined
to "fruit-tree," as though indicating the superior size of the trees which bear seed above
the earth, in distinction from vegetables which propagate their species upon or in the
ground; for even the latter bear their seed above the earth.
This will explain why until the flood the food prescribed for man and beast were vegetables.
Basic word for death in Hebrew is ( מּות mwt) and it is used manily for man (Genesis 25:8)
and animals (Genesis 33:13; Leviticus 11:39). The only mention of ( מּות /mwt) referring to a
plant is in Job 14:8 were the stump of a tree is said to die. This is a common objection to the
argument that plants don’t die. However, a closer look at the context of Job 14:8 shows that
the tree is not really dead but only appears so (Job 14:7–9) because it continues to spring forth
even after that with water. Thus in general the Old Testament the permanent cessation of
breathing ls the end of life on earth (Job 34:14–15; Psalm 104:29; 146:4).
Death in its final analysis according to the Old Testament is the permanent cessation of
breathing and the end of life (Job 34:14–15; Psalm 104:29; 146:4).
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