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Yhwh Revealed — Father and Mother, Warrior and Comforter

From the oldest West-Semitic marks of Yhwh’s Word: Yhwh is beyond biological gender, yet reveals both protecting/disciplining and nurturing/comforting qualities.

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At the earliest layer of writing — the West-Semitic marks — Yhwh is not described as a body with a biological sex. Yhwh’s self-revelation uses masculine and feminine imagery as teaching metaphors, while remaining beyond human categories.

“You heard the voice of words, but saw no form.” — Deut 4:12 (from Yhwh’s Word)

Images are instruction, not anatomy. Yhwh’s nearness is shown as Father and King, and also as Mother, midwife, and comforter.

🛡️ Father and Warrior (masculine imagery)

אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה — “Man of battle” (Ex 15:3)
אָבִינוּ — “Our Father” (Isa 64:8)
מֶלֶךְ — “King” (Ps 47:7)

These frames teach strength, protection, and discipline flowing from Yhwh.

🌿 Mother and Nurturer (feminine imagery)

כְּנֶשֶׁר — “Like a mother eagle” (Deut 32:11)
כְּאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר אִמּוֹ תְּנַחֲמֶנּוּ — “As one whom his mother comforts” (Isa 66:13)
כַּיּוֹלֵדָה — “Like a woman in labor” (Isa 42:14)

These frames teach nurture, mercy, and life-giving care.

🕊️ The Spirit (Ruach) in Feminine Grammar

וְרוּחַ יְהוָה מְרַחֶפֶת — “The Spirit of Yhwh was hovering …” (Gen 1:2)

Ruach is grammatically feminine in this stream, and the verb merachefet agrees with it. The picture is Yhwh’s life-breath hovering like a mother bird over the waters.

📣 Wisdom’s Voice (also feminine in grammar)

Calls out in the streets (Prov 1:20)
Present at creation (Prov 8:22–31)
Builds her house (Prov 9:1)

These are teaching images within Yhwh’s Word; they are not separate deities.

🔥 Why this matters now

Later language systems shifted terms and emphasis.
Male-only phrasing later overshadowed the balance in the earliest stream.
Returning to the oldest witnesses restores the full picture of Yhwh’s revealed qualities.