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- From: "Ewan MacLeod" <macleod_ewan AT hotmail.com>
- To: daladier2002 AT uol.com.br, b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
- Subject: Re: almah/betulah
- Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 18:59:25 +0000
Betulah means specifically a virgin, while almah is a young woman old enough to get married, but not necessarily a virgin. Almah is better translated 'maid' or 'young lady' rather than virgin.
Ewan MacLeod
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almah/betulah,
Daladier Lima, 05/23/2002
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- Re: almah/betulah, Ewan MacLeod, 05/24/2002
- Re: almah/betulah, Ian Goldsmith, 05/27/2002
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