📜 **YHWH IS NEITHER MAN NOR WOMAN — BUT USES BOTH TRAITS**
**The Hebrew Truth About God's Nature**
From the beginning, the 3 oldest Bible sources (Paleo-Hebrew, Aramaic Scrolls, and Early Square Script) reveal something powerful that later translations hide: **Yhwh transcends gender** yet expresses Himself through **both masculine and feminine traits**.
📖 **"You heard the voice of words, but saw no form..."** — Deuteronomy 4:12
This foundational truth shows Yhwh has no physical body and thus no biological gender. Yet when He reveals Himself, He uses **both masculine and feminine imagery** to help us understand His complete nature.
**🧔 GOD AS FATHER AND WARRIOR (Masculine Traits)**
The oldest Hebrew texts show Yhwh as:
- **אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה** (Ish milchamah) — "A man of war" (Exodus 15:3)
- **אָבִינוּ** (Avinu) — "Our Father" (Isaiah 64:8)
- **מֶלֶךְ** (Melech) — "King" (Psalm 47:7)
These masculine roles reveal Yhwh's **strength**, **protection**, **authority**, and **discipline**. In ancient Hebrew culture, these were primarily father qualities.
**👩🍼 GOD AS MOTHER AND NURTURER (Feminine Traits)**
The same ancient texts also show Yhwh as:
- **כְּנֶשֶׁר** (k'nesher) — "Like a mother eagle" stirring her nest (Deuteronomy 32:11)
- **כְּאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר אִמּוֹ תְּנַחֲמֶנּוּ** — "As one whom his mother comforts" (Isaiah 66:13)
- Crying out **כַּיּוֹלֵדָה** (ka'yoledah) — "like a woman in labor" (Isaiah 42:14)
These feminine images reveal Yhwh's **nurturing**, **comfort**, **protection**, and **birth-giving** aspects. These qualities were understood as primarily maternal in ancient Hebrew thought.
**🕊️ THE FEMININE SPIRIT OF GOD**
Most powerfully, in all three ancient sources, Yhwh's Spirit is grammatically **feminine**:
📖 **וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת** — "And the Spirit of God was hovering..." (Genesis 1:2)
The Hebrew word for Spirit, **רוּחַ** (Ruach), is feminine. The verb **מְרַחֶפֶת** (merachefet = "was hovering") is in feminine form.
This same pattern appears throughout the Hebrew Bible:
- When the Spirit rests on leaders (Numbers 11:25) — feminine form
- When the Spirit moves the prophets (Ezekiel 2:2) — feminine form
- When the Spirit gives wisdom (Isaiah 11:2) — feminine form
**💭 WISDOM AS GOD'S FEMININE VOICE**
In Proverbs, Yhwh's Wisdom (**חָכְמָה**/Chokhmah) is portrayed as a woman who:
- Calls out in the streets (Proverbs 1:20)
- Was present at creation (Proverbs 8:22-31)
- Builds her house (Proverbs 9:1)
Early Hebrew understood Wisdom and Spirit as connected aspects of Yhwh's feminine presence.
**🔥 WHY THIS MATTERS TODAY**
Later Greek and Latin translations obscured this truth by:
- Changing Ruach (feminine) to Pneuma (neuter in Greek)
- Shifting spiritual language to male-dominated terminology
- Losing the balanced picture of God's nature
But the 3 ancient Bible sources preserve this richer understanding:
1. Yhwh is beyond gender (not male or female)
2. Yhwh expresses both masculine and feminine traits
3. Yhwh's Spirit is consistently portrayed with feminine language
4. Yhwh reveals Himself as Father AND Mother, Warrior AND Nurturer
**✅ THE HEBREW TRUTH RESTORED**
When we return to the original Hebrew understanding:
- We see Yhwh more completely
- We understand the feminine nature of His Spirit
- We break free from later, narrower interpretations
This isn't modern revisionism — it's the original truth from the earliest Bible sources, before Greek philosophical categories narrowed our understanding of the Divine.
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