It's a parable for us receiving a living soul. Which is not physical at all.
God started His breathing process.
It reminds me of the old practice of swatting a newborn behind.
Slapping or spanking of babies that was done in the old days was
done not only to clear the air ways but also to stimulate a baby
to cry [to take first breath].
Life After Death?
5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing,
neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
17The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.
The soul is physical and can die. You must be confused also with
"The Spirit in Man", spirit essence that makes man smarter then mere animals.
Man is mortal, corruptible flesh—organic matter with a temporary life.
He does not have eternal life inherent within himself.
He does not have an “immortal soul”! He is a physical, fleshly creature
destined to die, turn to dust and remain that way except for the intervention
of the Almighty: except for the resurrection from the dead!
The doctrine of the immortality of the soul, according to the Jewish encyclopedia, came from
pre-Christian Greek philosophers who acquired it from pagan Egypt and Babylon, not the bible.
