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dust. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, put for the body which is made of dust (Gen_2:7; Gen_3:19. Psa_104:29. Job_34:15, Job_34:16).
as it was. Note the reference to Adam's creation.
spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9. Not nephesh, soul (App-13).
return unto God. Hence He is said to be the God of the spirits of all flesh (Num_16:22; Num_27:16. Compare Luk_23:46. Act_7:59); "the Father of spirits" (Heb_12:9).
God. Hebrew. Elohim.(with Art.) = the (true or triune) God; the Deity. App-4. Concerning where the dead are, for us to assume any further than what is said here (Ecc_12:7) is no more than mere speculation.