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  • From: John Ronning <ronning AT nis.za>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Debtor on Isa. 7:14 and the Hebrew Texts
  • Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 20:29:29 +0200


shella wrote:

> <snip>
> 10. What I seem to see developing is there is no known Hebrew text of Isaiah
> which does support the virgin birth of the Messiah founded upon Isaiah
> 7:14. The M T Isaiah 7:14 supports the YOUNG WOMAN concept, but not the
> Virgin only concept as the LXX and later the Greek New Testament does.
>

If you look in a decent Greek lexicon you'll see that parthenos need not mean
"virgin"
in the technical sense of a woman who has not had sexual relations. Ditto
the Latin
"virgo." The Hebrew na`arah would mean young woman; `almah (the Hebrew in
Isa 7:14),
like bethulah, would probably bear the connotation of "virgin" but is not a
technical
word for virgin (which as far as I can tell could only be conveyed by the
expression
"she has not known a man").

It is the juxtaposition of "`almah" and "pregnant" in the context of a really
big sign
(as high as heaven or as deep as Sheol) that suggests the idea that the
miracle is a
virgin conception. There's zero reason to suspect the Hebrew text.

Regards,
John






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