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אמחה את האדם. פרש"י, אדם הוא עפר, אביא עליו מים ואמחנו, מדכתיב לשון מיחוי, ולא כתיב אשמיד או אכלה: אמחה את האדם “I’ll dissolve the human species;” according to Rashi we must understand this as the human species consisting of earth and therefore subject to annihilation by water. G–d said that He would use water to bring about the dissolution of the human race. The expression used by the Torah according to Rashi to illustrate this is therefore מחוי, “dissolution,” instead of other words for destruction such as השמדה or כליה.