G-d in Masculine or Feminine Terms

God is always referred to as “He”. I realize this is people’s way of referring to the masculine such as in the saying “mankind”. However, is there any discussion of God’s female properties in any text? Or some indication of God as “Mother” instead of “Father”?

Indeed, the Torah does always use the masculine form to describe God but it is also true that this might not be an absolute statement of His gender as much as a stylistic device – or perhaps more likely – a more subtle indication of some aspect of our experience with Him. The closest thing I can think of to a feminine-like aspect would be the word “Shechina” – Divine Presence (which takes the feminine gender in Hebrew). This word doesn’t in any way describe God himself, but the effect of His manifest proximity.