This is the first example of a noun followed by the name of G-d.

The phrase "spirit (wind) of G-d" is found in the plain text, for the first time, in Genesis 1:2 - highlighted in the table below in yellow: "Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of G-d hovered over the face of the waters."

This verse includes: spirit of (in red); G-d (in blue).

The same two words are highlighted in the same colors in the nearby ELS.

The extension to the ELS is: "and after" (in green).

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So the entire string of 3 ELS's forms a single phrase which translates to "and after the wind, G-d".

This could relate to Kings I 19:11-12, where Elijah is to meet G-d. The famous passage is translated as: "and G-d passed by, and a great wind rent the mountains but G-d was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but G-d was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but G-d was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice ...".

In the whole Torah, there is only one other ELS for the original 2-word phrase with shorter skip (in Leviticus) - but without an interesting extension.

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