Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Moshe Shulman <mshulman AT ix.netcom.com>]

At 07:04 PM 12/21/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> In a message dated 12/21/2004 5:35:10 PM Central Standard Time,
> peterkirk AT qaya.org writes:
> > So, if Mary provided the seed and only males provide seed, does that
> > make Mary hermaphrodite, both male and female?
> >
> No, it does not.  It means that God planned ahead and He provided the seed.
> And it means exactly what it says, "zera`".  No matter how you slice it, the
> woman provides the egg and the male provides the "zera'."   In the case of 
> Gen
> 3:15 God has shown His intent to provide a woman with a seed, a virgin 
> birth.


Unfortunately that is a very non-Biblical view. Women are considered to 
have seed. See Leviticus 12:2.

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