“god breathed into man, and man became a living soul”

GENESIS 2:7

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And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

— Genesis 2:7

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breathed וַיִּפַּ֥ח To puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem) H5301
into his nostrils בְּאַפָּ֖יו Properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire H639
the breath נִשְׁמַ֣ת A puff, i.e., wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal H5397
of life; חַיִּ֑ים Alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively H2416
and man הָֽאָדָ֖ם Ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) H120
became וַֽיְהִ֥י To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) H1961
a living חַיָּֽה׃ Alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively H2416
soul. לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ Properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) H5315

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