Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>]

> Dear Friends,
>
> I was just thinking about Gen 1:2 with regards to RuaCH 'eLoHiYM. 
> Is 'eLoHiYM used here without the definite article an adjective or 
> still a noun? While most translations render this verse "the Spirit 
> of God", a few have rendered it "an awesome wind". The NWT (New 
> World Translation of the Holy Scriptures) published by the 
> Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Jehovah's Witnesses render it 
> God's "active force". Can someone comment on why the preferred 
> reading is "Spirit of God"


Because that is what the words mean



> in this passage, and would "active force" as used in the NWT be a 
> faithful translation of the original Hebrew?


No.

It is an attempt to take G-d out of the picture.

Completely made up, not even close to being a translation

Shoshanna



> Many thanks.
>
>                                             Tony Costa