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Re: Gender-specific references to Holy Spirit



>the word in Hebrew is Ruach
>which apparently is feminine.  A lot of feminine theologians attempt to
>use this to apply feminine ,personal pronouns to God.

Feminine forms in Hebrew are often used to give an abstract  or adverbial
force to the word. It is not usually intended to convey male/female
differences unless used in relation to things which have males and
females such as cattle.

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