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NPNF2-06. Jerome The Principal Works of St. Jerome - Christian Classics Ethereal Library32. Isaiah tells of the mystery of our faith and hope:4478“Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel.” I know that the Jews are accustomed to meet us with the objection that in Hebrew the word Almah does not mean a virgin, but a young woman. And, to speak truth, a virgin is properly called Bethulah, but a young woman, or a girl, is not Almah, but Naarah!4479What then is the meaning of Almah? A hidden virgin, that is, not merely virgin, but a virgin and something more, because not every virgin is hidden, shut off from the occasional sight of men.
That's St. Jerome confessing that he knows it wasn't a virgin birth. He knows that his translation is wrong but carries on. Otherwise, they can't use Isaiah 7:14.
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