The writer shifts into listing several merisms of life. ## For everything there is an appointed time, and a season for every purpose ## These two phrases mean basically the same thing and are combined for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]) ## born and...die ... kill and...heal ## These are various aspects of life as described from one extreme to the other. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]]) ## a time to pull up plants ## Possible meanings are 1) "a time to harvest" or 2) "a time to weed" or 3) "a time to uproot."