Almah

Knowing all of this, it seems almost too much to point out that the Hebrew word Almah in Isaiah--a word that Matthew cites to legitimize Jesus as the main character in a messianic prophecy, and that our Bibles have translated as “virgin”--lacks the biological implications that we usually associate with it.

Archive 2006-12-01 Adam Tierney-Eliot 2006

Knowing all of this, it seems almost too much to point out that the Hebrew word Almah in Isaiah--a word that Matthew cites to legitimize Jesus as the main character in a messianic prophecy, and that our Bibles have translated as “virgin”--lacks the biological implications that we usually associate with it.

Advent Sermon, 1st Sunday, 2006! Adam Tierney-Eliot 2006

"Almah," said Layelah -- "she will have the same; you are both included in the same sentence."

A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder James De Mille

"Almah" can mean "virgin," as young unmarried women in ancient Hebrew culture were assumed to be virgins.

Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

The word Almah signifies a virgin in the strictest sense, such as Mary professes herself to be (Luke i.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721

"Almah," cried I, in a fury, "we will not go back -- we will not be separated!

A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder James De Mille

The footnote in the Catholic Bible, that Almah may, or may not mean "virgin," would be unacceptable to their evangelical readers.

Translating the Bible is 'dangerous': Words have consequences 2011

“Khalbús,” prop. the servant of the Almah-girls who acts buffoon as well as pimp.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Almah, girl, virgin, singing-girl, hence he would translate Al – Alamoth shir (Psalm xlvi.) and Nebalim al-alamoth (I. Chron., xv. 20) by a “song for singing-girls” and “harps for singing-girls.”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Almah drove her goad deep into her bird, which at once rose and went off like the wind, and mine started to follow.

A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder James De Mille