Wondering about needing some new guidance regarding the recent introducing of strange terms and titles for God and Jesus which seem to come from other religions or cultures.
For eg. Avinu revealed to Yeshayahu His-Word cannot return [to Him] unless it fulfills it’s purpose.
Who, what??
I propose that courtesy suggests providing an answer in the same language in which the question was asked.
Although I do not personally have a problem with questions being asked in languages other than English, I understand that is not currently the direction the site wishes to pursue (and for some languages we don't have enough speakers to develop much of a community).
I respect people's use of reverential language and titles, and if non-English words are used in this sense, perhaps the most helpful course of action would be to provide (at least parenthetically) the English translation to accompany the non-English terms. I am interested to know, however, if that practice would still be offensive to anyone.
Separately, many questions ask about specific Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words, and I think the use of the scripts for those languages is helpful and should be encouraged for these types of questions. My own habit when discussing the meaning of Greek words is to include both the Greek letters and a transliteration, since not all visitors to our site are comfortable reading (or finding!) material in Greek, nor are all Greek scripts currently processable by search engines.
In context to יְשַׁעְיָ֣הוּ Yeshayahu | "Isaiah", I referenced "Isaiah" 63:16 to honor "our Father" אָבִ֔ינוּ Avinu.
For You are our Father, for Abraham did not know us, neither did Israel recognize us; You, [HaShem], are **our Father**; our Redeemer of old is Your Name. ( כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה אָבִ֔ינוּ כִּ֚י אַבְרָהָם֙ לֹ֣א יְדָעָ֔נוּ וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֹ֣א יַכִּירָ֑נוּ אַתָּ֚ה יְהֹוָה֙ אָבִ֔ינוּ גֹּֽאֲלֵ֥נוּ מֵֽעוֹלָ֖ם שְׁמֶֽךָ )
If this site does not allow transliterated Hebrew to reference the original terminology of scripture, then why ask for the context of any verse from the Tanakh? - Perhaps Biblical Hermenuetics is only concerned about Greek & English.
There should be an assumed rule to ban such habitual ritualistic idiosyncratic foreign terms for God. This is mainly an English website, and I doubt every user is unaware of English. Some Jews demand the policing of the holy name in miyodaya, but that is a religious Rabbinic orthodox site, and this is a secular one. Someone may come with Hashem, The Name, Avenu and the Hebrew name, which nobody can understand, this only causes confusion. Even G-d, G-od and G d seems unnatural and impractical. It is not about catering and respecting religious rituals and needs of a minority, it is just impractical. The readers are English, and you can use the Hebrew or Greek in context to the topic, but using new terms is just unreasonable. If someone supports such a practice in the name of plurality then the slippery slope will be catering to the needs of preferred pronouns and abandoning basics of grammar, language, numbers by some "marginalized groups". There should always be a strict line drawn forever progressive liberalist approaches.
