To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: btwlh & `lmh
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 01:41:27 -0500
On 29 Jan 01, at 16:46, Charles David Isbell wrote:
> Remember if either betulah or parthenos is used even one time to
> refer to a female who has had sex in any fashion, then neither word
> can carry the modern meaning of "virgin".
Assuming that the connotations of the words never changed over time....