Almah in the Old Testament

Almah as Virgin

Genesis 24:43 (NKJV)
Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass that when the virgin comes out to draw water, and I say to her, Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink.

Song of Solomon 1:3 (NKJV)
Because of the fragrance of your good ointments, Your name is ointment poured forth; therefore the virgins love you.

Song of Solomon 6:8 (NKJV)
There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

Isaiah 7:14 (NKJV)
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.

Almah as Other

Exodus 2:8 (NKJV)
And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. So the maiden went and called the child’s mother.

Psalm 68:25 (NKJV)
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the maidens playing timbrels.

Proverbs 30:19 (NKJV)
The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.

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