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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
    • <Possible follow-up(s)>
    • Re: almah/betulah, Ewan MacLeod, 05/24/2002
    • Re: almah/betulah, Ian Goldsmith, 05/27/2002

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