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1 | Does "'almah" mean "virgin"? | Is 7:14 | djconklin | 64857 | ||
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2 | Does "'almah" mean "virgin"? | Is 7:14 | Emmaus | 64861 | ||
djconklin, It is apparent that the writer's of the New Testament felt that alma in this case meant virgin. It would also be worth checking how the Septuagint translated the word into Greek, since they also were Jews and the choice of a Greek would imly their understanding of the Hebrew word. I believ the Greek uses a word explicit for virgin, whereas almah means a maiden of marriagable age, which may imply virginity but is not explicit like the Hebrew word betula. Also important is the name Emmanuel for the child referred to. There has been much ink spilled over this passage since the acendency of the modernist historico critical method of exegesis, but I do not think there was a lot of dispute before that, although I may be wrong. Emmaus |
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