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These 20th-century corrections of the original mistranslation cannot, of course, undo the implications that have resulted from translating almah as `virgin' instead of `young woman.
When the gospel writers read Isaiah 7:14 in the Greek, they read parthenos , the Greek translation of ` almah . This term had a narrower range of meaning than ` almah , and more specifically meant “virgin,” but it was within the range of equivalence for the Hebrew term ` almah . The gospel writer did not misquote the Bible in this matter.
which uses almah, meaning either a young girl or a young, recently married woman.
In fact, Rebekah, the woman sought as a wife for the son of Abraham, is referred to as ` almah in Genesis 24:43.
down; Sept. chiefly for bethulah, several times for na`arah; twice for `almah ...)