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NASB					Is 7:14 "Therefore³⁶⁵¹ the Lord¹³⁶ Himself¹⁹³¹ will give⁵⁴¹⁴ you a sign²²⁶: Behold²⁰⁰⁹, ^Aa ¹virgin⁵⁹⁵⁹ will be with child²⁰³⁰ and bear³²⁰⁵ a son¹¹²¹, and she will call⁷¹²¹ His name⁸⁰³⁴ ² ^BImmanuel⁶⁰⁰⁵.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Is 7:14 "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Listen carefully, the ¹virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and she will call his name Immanuel (God with us). [Is 9:6; Jer 31:22; Mic 5:3-5; Matt 1:22, 23]

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Or maiden

I.e. God is with us

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This prophecy of the virgin is declared in Matt 1:22, 23 to be fulfilled in the birth of Jesus. There has been a great deal of discussion over the Hebrew word found here for virgin (almah) and the word that Matthew uses (parthenos). The latter refers unambiguously to a virgin, while the former (almah) has been said to refer to a young woman, in contrast to the Hebrew word bethulah, which is the equivalent of the Gr parthenos. It has also been noted that the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew OT, has parthenos here for almah, and that Matt 1:23 is taken from the Septuagint. Some have wondered why the Septuagint translators used the more specific word parthenos. It is fair to say that this question is the result of oversimplifying the vocabulary and misinterpreting the distinctions. The Hebrew words almah and bethulah can actually refer to the same kind of woman; almah is a youthful woman of marriageable age, one who has not yet had her first child, while bethulah is one who has not been touched in an intimate way. Furthermore, in the present context it would be unthinkable to infer that the woman might have had sexual relations outside of marriage. So the well-known translation of "young woman" for almah, while technically not incorrect, can be viewed as too ambiguous for the Hebrew word and the context. Parthenos was an appropriate choice in the Greek. Another word, kore (for "girl") could have been used, but it has a wider range of meaning than the Heb almah (Mark uses a related word, korasion, to translate Jesus' Aramaic word talitha). It should also be acknowledged from a theological perspective that when Matthew cites the verse with parthenos, he thereby authenticates it as inspired.

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Matt 1:23 "BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD AND SHALL BEAR A SON, AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL," which translated means, "GOD WITH US."

Is 8:8 "Then it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass through,
It will reach even to the neck;
And the spread of its wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.

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Greek Heb.

136

Adonay (10d); an emphatic form of 113; Lord:--Lord(456), lord(1), lords(2).

226

oth (16d); from 184; a sign:--banners(1), omens(1), pledge(1), sign(43), signs(30), standards(1), witness(1), wondrous(1).

1121

ben (119d); a prim. root; son:--afflicted(1), afflicted*(1), age(7), aliens*(2), Ammonites*(7), anointed*(1), arrow(1), arrows(1), Assyrians*(3), baby(1), Babylonians*(3), beasts(1), being*(1), Ben-hinnom*(7), bough(2), breed(1), brothers*(1), builders(1), bull*(21), bulls*(5), calf*(2), calves(2), calves*(1), child(2), children(111), children and on the grandchildren(1), children and their grandchildren(1), children and your children's(1), children and children's(1), children's(2), children's children(5), colt(1), colts(1), common(2), descendants(14), descendants of the son(1), deserves(2), exiles*(5), father*(1), fellow*(3), fellows(2), fertile*(1), foal(1), fools*(1), foreigner*(6), foreigners(1), foreigners*(10), Gileadites*(1), grandchildren(1), granddaughters*(1), grandson(6), heir*(1), high*(1), homeborn*(1), Israelites*(1), lambs*(2), lay(4), Levites*(1), low degree*(1), low*(1), man(5), man one old(1), man*(1), men(19), men of low degree*(1), men*(4), mortal(1), must(1), must surely(1), nephew*(2), nobility*(1), offspring(1), old(167), old when his son(1), one(1), one(2), one born(1), ones(1), ones*(1), opening*(1), overnight*(2), people(5), public*(1), revelers*(1), satellites(1), scoundrels*(1), sired(1), slaves(1), son(1876), son and his grandson(1), son and your grandson(1), son of and grandson(1), son was old(1), son's(16), son's son(1), sons(2369), sons and his grandsons(2), sons and his sons'(1), sons and on his sons'(1), sons and their sons'(1), sons and your grandsons(1), sons and your sons'(1), sons and grandsons(2), sons of the son(14), sons'(7), sons' sons(2), sparks*(1), those(1), those who(2), those who are doomed(1), those who were doomed(1), troops*(1), unfortunate*(1), valiant*(3), warriors(1), whelps(1), wicked*(3), young(28), young goats*(1), young men(1), youths(1).

1931

hu or
hi (214d); a prim. pron.; he, she, it:--anyone(1), far*(2), herself(4), Himself(11), himself(20), itself(2), one(6), part(1), same(28), such(3), these(2), this(33), this same(1), those(1), which(24), who(26).

2009

hinneh (243d); prol. of 2005; lo! behold!:--after all(1), behold(938), go(1), here(41), how(5), if(18), if he sees(1), if the has indeed(1), indeed(11), lo(16), look(3), now(3), now*(1), see(4), surely(2), there(2), unless(1).

2030

harah (248a); from 2029; pregnant:--child(5), conceive(2), pregnant(3), pregnant woman(1), pregnant women(1), woman with child(1), women(1), women who were with child(1), women with child(1).

3205

yalad (408b); a prim. root; to bear, bring forth, beget:--bear(13), bearing(3), bears(6), became(1), became the father(144), become the father(2), become the fathers(1), beget(3), begetting(1), begot(2), begotten(3), birth(2), birthday*(1), bore(85), born(73), borne(20), bring forth(5), brings forth(1), brought them forth(1), brought forth(6), child(2), childbirth(10), children(1), children born(1), deliver(1), delivered(1), descended(2), father(1), fathered(2), fathers(1), gave me birth(1), gave you birth(2), gave birth(25), gave birth to a child(2), give birth(13), give birth the midwife(1), give delivery(1), given it birth(1), given birth(4), gives birth(2), gives delivery(1), giving birth(2), had(17), had sons(1), has(1), have(2), labor(5), labor has borne(1), labor the midwife(1), laid(1), midwife(1), midwives(6), produced(1), registered by ancestry(1), sired(1), sires(2), takes effect(1).

3651

ken (485d); a prim. adv.; so, thus:--accordingly(2), after*(1), afterward*(18), afterwards*(5), because*(1), case(1), correctly(1), enough(1), even(2), exactly(1), follows(1), hence(1), here(1), inasmuch*(5), like(3), like this(1), likewise(10), means*(2), more(4), nevertheless(1), now*(1), possessed*(1), practice*(1), reason*(4), right(1), same(8), same way(1), since*(1), so(226), so*(1), such(3), such a thing(2), such*(1), surely(2), then(1), thereafter*(1), therefore(190), therefore*(138), this(24), this is how(1), this account(1), this manner(1), this reason(1), thus(51), very well(2), yet(1).

5414

nathan (678a); a prim. root; to give, put, set:--abandon(1), add(1), added(1), allow(14), allowed(3), applied(1), appoint(5), appointed(15), apportion(1), appropriated(1), ascribe(2), ascribed(2), assigned(5), bear(1), bestow(1), bestowed(2), blame*(1), bring(10), bring down(2), bringing(2), brings(2), brought(3), cast(3), cause(2), causes(1), certainly be given(1), certainly give(1), comes(1), commit(1), committed(1), conferred(1), consider(1), consign(1), contribute(1), cried(1), dedicated(1), defeat(1), deliver(26), delivered(26), delivers(3), designate(1), designated(1), direct(1), display(1), displayed(1), distribute(2), divide(1), enabled(1), entrust*(1), entrusted(2), entrusted*(1), establish(1), established(1), exchange(1), execute(1), executes(2), fasten(2), fastened(1), find(1), furnishing(1), gave(293), generously give(1), gift(1), give(491), given(259), gives(67), giving(37), grant(18), granted(11), growl*(1), had(3), hand over(2), hang(3), has had(1), have(2), have*(1), heap(1), held(1), hung(1), impose(1), imposed(3), indeed deliver(1), indeed give(1), inflict(2), inflicted(1), injured*(1), injures*(1), inserted(1), instilled(4), issued(5), kept giving(1), laid(5), lay(12), laying(1), lays(1), left(2), left hanging(1), lend(1), lends(1), let(7), lies*(1), lift(5), lifts(1), made(43), made turn(3), make(66), makes(3), making(3), marry off(1), offer(2), offered(4), Oh*(13), open*(1), over(1), paid(7), pay(6), performed(1), permit(2), pierce(1), pitch(1), place(13), placed(19), planted(1), pledged(2), pledged*(1), present(2), presented(1), prevent*(2), produces(1), provide(1), provided(2), provides(1), put(192), puts(4), putting(2), raised(2), reduces(1), render(2), repay(1), Requite(2), requited(1), roared loudly*(1), roared*(1), send(4), sends(1), sent(4), set(74), setting(5), show(2), showed(1), slander*(1), sounds forth(1), sparkles*(1), speaks forth(1), spend(1), spread(1), strike(1), submitted*(1), supplies(1), surely be given(1), surely give(2), take(2), taken(1), takes(1), to pay(1), took(1), traded(1), turned(6), used(1), utter(1), uttered(2), uttered forth(1), utters(5), wept*(1), wholly given(2), work(1), would*(7), yield(13), yield*(1), yielded(2), yields(2), yours(1).

5959

almah (761c); fem. of 5958; a young woman, a virgin:--girl(1), maid(1), maiden(1), maidens(3), virgin(1).

6005

Immanuel (769b); from 5973 and 410; "with us is God," the name of a child:--Immanuel(2).

7121

qara (894d); a prim. root; to call, proclaim, read:--become(1), become famous(1), call(121), called(301), calling(11), calls(17), cried(24), cries(1), cry(19), crying(2), dictated*(1), famous*(1), gave(4), given(1), gives(1), grasps(1), guests(4), invite(6), invited(14), live(1), made a proclamation(1), make a proclamation(1), men of renown(1), mentioned(3), name*(4), named(12), named*(62), offer it terms(1), proclaim(28), proclaimed(17), proclaiming(3), proclaims(2), read(35), reading(2), reads(1), screamed(2), screamed*(1), shouted(1), spoken(1), sues(1), summon(6), summoned(14), summoning(1), summons(2).

8034

shem (1027d); of unc. der.; a name:--byword(1), defamed*(1), defames*(1), fame(8), famous(3), famous*(1), memorial(1), Name(3), name(654), name's(11), name*(4), named(7), named*(66), names(80), renown(6), renowned(1), report(1), repute(1), same names(1).

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