On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 9:24 AM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4 May 2014 15:20, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have forwarded your query to an expert in Arabic Grammar. Your quote >> from Wikipedia is correct. What I can inform you, based on my >> understanding, is that the pronoun 'ha' used in the verse is for female >> singular with a plural masculine noun 'butuun' indicates that it is >> specifically about a female bee. >> > > OK. I hope you are prepared to accept that if Arabic gives genders to > everything, including things which are in fact genderless (like tables), > then that demolishes any claim that bees being described as female in > ancient texts has any particular significance. > > I will look at the other claims once this one has been settled, if you > don't mind. I think one at a time is best if we are attempting to establish > the truth in each case. > > Sure, that's fine. Samiya
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