Recently, someone on b-hebrew said that almah meant virgin because its root comes from a verb that means to be hidden , and virgins were hidden. What about the word olam ? Does it also come from "hidden"?
Also, I read on an internet site that there is something called an etymological fallacy http://www.fallacyfiles.org/etymolog.html
How do you know if the idea that almah means virgin because its root means "hidden" is an etymological fallacy? I never even heard of etymological fallacy until a few hours ago, so I really don't know much about it.
Kenneth Greifer
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