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apostles - sean - 09-02-2013
hi in greek the word for apostle is masculine. What is the case for the word in aramaic ?
Thank you.
Re: apostles - distazo - 09-02-2013
It is 'shliho', and it is male gender.
Re: apostles - ScorpioSniper2 - 09-02-2013
I think it's Shlikha in the Eastern Syriac dialect.
Re: apostles - sean - 09-03-2013
hi thanks for the replys. So this means their is no such thing as a woman that is an apostle
Re: apostles - SteveCaruso - 09-04-2013
sean Wrote:hi thanks for the replys. So this means their is no such thing as a woman that is an apostle
Not necessarily. The standard word for "apostle" is simply grammatically masculine by default, not inherently masculine.
Conceivably it could be inflected in the feminine form, or used to describe female individuals (as all it means is "sent one"). There wouldn't be anything really preventing it.