What does Ecclesiastes 12:7 exactly mean by "the spirit returns to God"?

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Ecclesiastes 12:7 (ESV):

7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

What does Ecclesiastes 12:7 exactly mean by "the spirit returns to God"? Does it mean that the spirit returns to some specific location in the spirit realm where God "stores" spirits (e.g. see intermediate state, Sheol and Hades), and if so, is that place described anywhere in the Bible? Does it mean something else?

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• According to Ecclesiastes, what part of man goes to Sheol?
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