btwlh & `lmh
George Athas
gathas at globalfreeway.com.au
Mon Jan 29 18:46:08 EST 2001
| That is good Ian, because there is none. Almah is the n.f. of elem. This
| list seems to be degenerating into theology.
I beg to differ, Moshe. We are discussing the semantic range of a Hebrew word. I think I
can summarise the general gist of what people are saying:
(1) `Almah means "young girl"
(2) The word makes no specific reference to physical virginity
(3) According to social custom of the ancient Near East, an `almah can be expected to be a
physical virgin by virtue of the young girl's age. But since the word does not refer to
virginity, this is only a possible corollary statement.
Best regards,
GEORGE ATHAS
(Sydney, Australia)
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