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shall briefly quote two of these prophecies. The first is in
Isaiah (Chap. vii., verse 14), where that Prophet predicts
that "a damsel already pregnant with child shall bear forth
a son, and thou shalt name him Emmanuel." The Hebrew
word a'lmah does not mean "virgin," as generally interpreted
by the Christian theologians and therefore applied to the
Virgin Mary, but it signifies "a marriageable woman, maiden,
damsel." The Hebrew word for "virgin" is bthulah. Then
the child's name is to be Emmanuel, which means "God-
is-with-us." There are hundreds of Hebrew names which are
composed of "el" and another noun, which forms either the
first or the last syllable of such compound nouns. Neither
Isaiah, nor King Ahaz, nor any Jew, ever thought that the
newly born infant would be himself "God-with-us." They
never thought anything else but that his name only would
Isaiah (Chap. vii., verse 14), where that Prophet predicts
that "a damsel already pregnant with child shall bear forth
a son, and thou shalt name him Emmanuel." The Hebrew
word a'lmah does not mean "virgin," as generally interpreted
by the Christian theologians and therefore applied to the
Virgin Mary, but it signifies "a marriageable woman, maiden,
damsel." The Hebrew word for "virgin" is bthulah. Then
the child's name is to be Emmanuel, which means "God-
is-with-us." There are hundreds of Hebrew names which are
composed of "el" and another noun, which forms either the
first or the last syllable of such compound nouns. Neither
Isaiah, nor King Ahaz, nor any Jew, ever thought that the
newly born infant would be himself "God-with-us." They
never thought anything else but that his name only would