merely a scent of water will make it sprout and grow branches like a plant.
But a human dies and is powerless. A person breathes his last breath, and where is he?
If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
Your mother was like a grapevine that was planted near water. It had a lot of fruit and many branches because there was plenty of water.
It had beautiful leaves and plenty of fruit, enough to feed everyone. Wild animals found shade under it. Birds came to live in its branches. It fed every living creature.