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Genesis 2:19

And Yahweh elohim is forming from out of the Red-one the whole of a living one of the Field, and ืืช-all flying-one of the Dual-Heavens, and he is coming toward the Red-one, to see what he is summoning to-himself.92 And everyone who he is summoning to-himself, Red-one, breath, he has lived himself, his name.93

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This last clause ื•ื›ืœ ืืฉืจ ื™ืงืจื ืœื• ื”ืื“ื ื ืคืฉ ื—ื™ื” ื”ื•ื ืฉืžื• is a cluster of words that have endured a lot of hacking due to the enigmatic nature, odd word orders, and misapplication of meanings. 

Rather than a feminine adjective ื—ื™ื” "living" we have ื—ื™ื” (แธฅฤyฤh) the 3rd person masculine perfect— “he lived” / “he has lived.” Without the preposition ืœ the feminine Piel "she gave life" doesn't quite fit (cf. footnote at Gen. 1:30). In Ezekiel 18:9 there is a similar clause, ื”ื•ื ื—ื™ื” "he, himself has lived"