A lot of people say that betula does not mean virgin because in some quotes it says a virgin that did not know a man, so "that did not know a man" shows that the word means virgin in that quote.
I have read that in the Tanakh there are many examples of unnecessary repetition. For example, Leviticus 11:41 and 43 say not to eat "swarming things that swarm". It could have just said not to eat swarming things. Why say "that swarm"?
Genesis 25:8 and 17 say Abraham expired and died. Aren't they both the same?
Job 42:17 says he was old and full of days. Isn't that unnecessary repetition also?
Maybe repetition of ideas is just normal in the Tanakh.
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