05-09-2010, 06:19 PM
Thanks guys. The reason I asked is because there is a new cult out there called "amightywind.com" and they claim that the Holy Spirit is the Father's girlfriend who gave spiritual birth to Jesus before he came to earth. They claim that if we had the "original "Hebrew" or "Aramaic" (they are not sure which) version of John that Jesus would be calling the Holy Spirit "She", because that is his mom. ShabbatSealed is one of their followers.
"The word for spirit in Aramaic is grammatically feminine. When using verbs and adjectives around gramatically feminine nouns they must also be in the feminine form. That doesn't mean the Holy Spririt is feminine. Other non-English languages like French have similar features. "
Paul Younan
"After looking at the example of John 16:13 and a few others, it appears to me that the Holy Spirit is either "masculine" or "common" grammatically, and not likely to be "feminine".
Jerry
"The word for spirit in Aramaic is grammatically feminine. When using verbs and adjectives around gramatically feminine nouns they must also be in the feminine form. That doesn't mean the Holy Spririt is feminine. Other non-English languages like French have similar features. "
Paul Younan
"After looking at the example of John 16:13 and a few others, it appears to me that the Holy Spirit is either "masculine" or "common" grammatically, and not likely to be "feminine".
Jerry