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 +'''Isaiah 7:14''' is a verse of the [[Book of Isaiah]] in which [[Isaiah|the prophet Isaiah]], addressing king [[Ahaz]] of Judah, promises the king that God will destroy his enemies; as a sign that his oracle is a true one, Isaiah predicts that a young woman will shortly give birth to a child whose name will be [[Immanuel]], "God is with us", and that the threat from the enemy kings will be ended before the child grows up.
-''' Almah''' (עלמה) or plural: '''alamot''' (עלמות) is a [[Biblical Hebrew language|Hebrew]] [[Grammatical gender|feminine]] [[noun]], for a girl who has reached [[puberty]] but is still under the shielding protection of her family; she is a young, marriageable aged girl. In Christian [[Christian Bibles|Bibles]], ''almah'' is typically translated as ''virgin'', ''maiden'', ''young woman'', ''damsel'' or ''girl''. For theological reasons, the meaning of almah and even whom Isaiah was speaking about are controversial with Jews and most Christians having sharply divided positions [[Isaiah 7:14]].+==See also==
- +*[[Almah]]
-== See also ==+*[[Book of Isaiah]]
-* [[Isaiah 7:14]]+*[[Immanuel]]
-* [[Virgin birth of Jesus]]+*[[Gospel of Matthew]]
- +*[[Jesus and Messianic prophecy]]
- +*[[Maher-shalal-hash-baz]]
 +*[[Pele-joez-el-gibbor-abi-ad-sar-shalom]]
 +*[[Virgin Birth (Christian doctrine)]]
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Isaiah 7:14 is a verse of the Book of Isaiah in which the prophet Isaiah, addressing king Ahaz of Judah, promises the king that God will destroy his enemies; as a sign that his oracle is a true one, Isaiah predicts that a young woman will shortly give birth to a child whose name will be Immanuel, "God is with us", and that the threat from the enemy kings will be ended before the child grows up.

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