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יד לָכֵן יִתֵּן אֲדֹנָי הוּא, לָכֶם--אוֹת: הִנֵּה הָעַלְמָה, הָרָה וְיֹלֶדֶת בֵּן, וְקָרָאת שְׁמוֹ, עִמָּנוּ אֵל. 14 Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: behold, the young woman shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
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The closest Textual Marker I see here to the offending word is:
הִנֵּה
Common translations are "here is", "behold" and "look". For starters, BDB Lexicon looks to me to give a most often usage in the Jewish Bible of a connotation of the visual as in pointing to something physically present. This is a Natural combination to the use of the definite article for the young woman as the picture is Isaiah physically pointing to the young woman in the presence of Ahaz. HNH is a relatively common word though and has a broader meaning than the physical connotation. BDB gives the next usage category as emphasizing the connotation of an attention getting device for new information and has categorized 7:14 here (mistakenly in my opinion).
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