Re: virgin
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 8:45 pm
Steve says:
It is not just Evangelical Christians who say that the root meaning of almah and alam is "unknown".
I was discussing this with a prominent anti-missionary rabbi. I asked him what is the root meaning of alam, and he said "unknown".
Says I:
The act עלם does not mean 'unknown', but rather 'hide' or 'cover up'. In any event, עֶלֶם ELEM and עלמה ALMAH have nothing to do, in my opinion, with something "unknown", only with a tall and full stature.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
It is not just Evangelical Christians who say that the root meaning of almah and alam is "unknown".
I was discussing this with a prominent anti-missionary rabbi. I asked him what is the root meaning of alam, and he said "unknown".
Says I:
The act עלם does not mean 'unknown', but rather 'hide' or 'cover up'. In any event, עֶלֶם ELEM and עלמה ALMAH have nothing to do, in my opinion, with something "unknown", only with a tall and full stature.
Isaac Fried, Boston University