WOMAN - MEANINGS IN SINGULAR AND PLURAL BIBLICALLY.
(MOTHERING SUNDAY 'S TEACHING By Emeritus Dean Toba Olatunji)
Studying biblical languages give you more deeper meanings of the Scriptures and the meanings analytically . Example is , " Woman" and " Women , which they connote different meanings biblical !
Woman Meaning Biblically
In the singular form the word for woman is the same as the word for a man, man and woman comes from the same root word, " ish" The singular word for woman ‘isah is also the word for wife.
It is explained this way, in the singular a woman’s relationship to man is that of a wife to a husband. Since man and woman comes from the same root word, she is not given over into his power, rather she complements him and stands at his side as an equal. Until she yielded to the temptation from the serpent then God removed the equality and the " ruling " power went to the man.
Women Meaning Biblically.
The root word for ishah is ‘ish when it is singular and nashah when it is in a plural form nashim. Woman and women are from two different root words. Nashah comes from the same root word as nushah which means a creditor.
The plural, however, expresses a public status of the woman. Only in a public status or the life a community does a woman give the appearance of being powerless, however, this is in the form of a nushah or creditor. A creditor loans part of his property or rights in return something. The woman gives up her rights in the public or community in return for the freedom to have the time to raise and care for her family.
- Woman is created Distinctively by God.
This is very distinct from other creatures of the earth which are divided into male and female. In the case of other living creatures both sexes came forth independently from the earth. God did not create the female from the male and thus they do not need each other to fulfill their life’s purpose.
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