Yet it is perhaps worth mentioning that the masculine tenor of God-talk is particularly problematic in English. In Hebrew, Arabic and French, however, grammatical gender gives theological discourse a sort of sexual counterpoint and dialectic, which provides a balance that is often lacking in English. Thus in Arabic al-Lah {the supreme name for God} is grammatically masculine, but the word for the divine and inscrutable essence of God-al-Dhat-is feminine.
( Karen Armstrong )
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