Example sentences for: gesenius-

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  • It almost surely does mean `young woman,' but it can also mean a `girl,' `maiden,' `bride,' `youthful spouse,' a `woman of marriageable age' or `the age of puberty' (according to Gesenius-Robinson, my trusty 1888 Hebrew and English Lexicon).

  • Gesenius-Robinson, by the way, translates bethulah as “a virgin pure and unspotted,” “a virgin just married,” and “a young spouse” (see Joel 1:8, where bethulah is translated by the Septuagint as nymphe, “a betrothed woman, a bride,” “a recently married woman, young wife”-- Thayer).


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