05-11-2010, 02:32 PM
Shlama,
Payne Smith's A compendious Syriac Dictionary has this to say about rukha:
"... usually fem. except when used of the Holy Spirit. ... " (p. 533)
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I've quickly skimmed through some Peshitta verses containing rukha, and in all occurrences I have so far seen then rukha is treated as a masculine word when it is used of the Holy Spirit, and as a feminine word when it deals with other kinds of spirits and winds, etc.
Femenine examples: Matthew 7:27, 12:45, Mark 1:12 & Luke 6:18.
Masculine examples: Matthew 1:18, 13:11, Luke 12:12 & Acts 2:33.
//Lars
Payne Smith's A compendious Syriac Dictionary has this to say about rukha:
"... usually fem. except when used of the Holy Spirit. ... " (p. 533)
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I've quickly skimmed through some Peshitta verses containing rukha, and in all occurrences I have so far seen then rukha is treated as a masculine word when it is used of the Holy Spirit, and as a feminine word when it deals with other kinds of spirits and winds, etc.
Femenine examples: Matthew 7:27, 12:45, Mark 1:12 & Luke 6:18.
Masculine examples: Matthew 1:18, 13:11, Luke 12:12 & Acts 2:33.
//Lars