I. Name
Within the framework of anthropomorphic depictions of the divine, the arm (zerôaʿ) of God is metaphorically used to denote divine military, creative and caring power in the Old Testament. At Isa. 63.12 the ‘arm of God’ functions as a hypostasis. In an Aramaic inscription from Taima, about 400 bce, drʿʾ, ‘Arm’, seems to be an indication for a deity.