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What does Genesis 2:23 mean?

The man said, 'Now this is someone like me—bone from my bones, flesh from my flesh. She’ll be called woman, because she was taken out of man.' Genesis 2:23 - Modern Text Bible

(The man recognizes the woman as his true partner—someone who is both like him and part of him.)