Jewish Philosophy on Job 14:8: Rambam & Classical Sources

אִם־יַזְקִ֣ין בָּאָ֣רֶץ שָׁרְשׁ֑וֹ וּ֝בֶעָפָ֗ר יָמ֥וּת גִּזְעֽוֹ׃

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;