How much more clear can Moses have been regarding what is 'life' in describing flesh man? Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Nothing there about a hot steamy pot wherein a stirring by the Hand of God started life. The 'soul' is what made flesh man alive.
And Solomon that one as described the 'wisest' pens in Ecclesiastes a book about the two bodies 'flesh' and 'soul' says in Chapter 12
1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth,
while the evil days =(days of the misfortune: i.e. affliction and death i.e. the days described in following verses.)
come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shall say, 'I have no pleasure in them;'
You can read for yourself the rest of the description of the aging and death of the flesh but I will type verse 7, which is why I came here
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God Who gave it.
8 "Vanity of vanities," saith the preacher; "all is vanity."