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Genesis 6:17

וַ אֲנִי הִנְנִי מֵבִיא אֶת הַ מַּבּוּל מַיִם עַל הָ אָרֶץ לְ שַׁחֵת כָּל בָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר בֹּו רוּחַ חַיִּים מִ תַּחַת הַ שָּׁמָיִם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר בָּ אָרֶץ יִגְוָע
`And myself, behold-me,256 is he-who-causes to come in אֶת-the Flow257 of dual-waters upon the Earth to lay-waste the whole of the flesh, which in-himself is a wind of living-ones258 from underneath the Dual-Heavens, the whole which is in the Earth, he is breathing out.259
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Strong’s #1478, gava. To breathe out, expirate, give up the ghost. This is different from the Hebrew concept dying which has more to do with being without life. See note on Genesis 5:5.