As it pre-dates our knowledge of sperm and ovums, I think there’s another aspect to this revealed in the English language (and likely others), where semen is referred to as “seed”, and wombs are referred to as “fertile” or “barren”. The view being that conception is like a field, where you plant a seed and the ground nurtures it. You can also take a seed and germinate it and grow it in water (for a while, depending), so if you take the man’s “seed” and give it a place to grow, won’t it grow into a person because it’s a seed?
As it pre-dates our knowledge of sperm and ovums, I think there’s another aspect to this revealed in the English language (and likely others), where semen is referred to as “seed”, and wombs are referred to as “fertile” or “barren”. The view being that conception is like a field, where you plant a seed and the ground nurtures it. You can also take a seed and germinate it and grow it in water (for a while, depending), so if you take the man’s “seed” and give it a place to grow, won’t it grow into a person because it’s a seed?