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Isaiah 7:14

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Why they differ: Virgin or young woman? (Isaiah 7:14). Isaiah's Hebrew word ʿalmâ means a young woman of marriageable age; the Greek Septuagint rendered it parthenos ("virgin"), and Matthew 1:23 quotes that Greek to read the sign as fulfilled in Mary.

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Spot it: “almah — young woman or virgin?” (Isaiah 7:14). Almah occurs in seven verses of the Hebrew Bible.

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DRCBaseDouay-Rheims (Challoner), 1899 American edition
WEBWorld English Bible (Classic) with Deuterocanon
LXXEBrenton English Septuagint
7:14
DRCTherefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel.
WEBTherefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
LXXETherefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; behold, a virgin shall conceive in the womb, and shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Emmanuel.

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