who breathed the breath of life through their noses

Here "noses" represent the whole animal or human. Alternate translation: "everyone that breathed" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche)

the breath of life

The words "breath" and "life" represent the power that causes people and animals to be alive. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)