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What does Genesis 2:7 mean?

Then the Lord God shaped a human from the dust on the ground and breathed his own breath into him. That’s how the human became alive. Genesis 2:7 - Modern Text Bible

(God personally forms the first human, giving him life by sharing his own breath—showing a close, intentional act of creation.)