[MarDav]

It is God who has chosen to refer to Himself using masculine terms. Being omniscient, knowing how fallen character would operate, and designating His order, choosing this "gender" (God is spirit), puts the onus on us to accept and obey. All the discussion about God being female/transgender/whatever is evidence of sinful man/woman shaking the fist at His revealed and perfect will.

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And, linguistically and culturally, what else could He have referred to Himself as?

He have to use the terms His audience’s language would allow.

He had to use the terms his audience could accept as an Über-alpha male.

Imagine the cognitive dissonance another Semitic people would have if allah declared she was a woman. Women are property! (Not even valuable property!)