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 JerryMyers wrote:

The phrase "a virgin" which we find in the English-translated Bibles today does not appear in the original Hebrew text. The word used is 'almah’ meaning "a young woman of marriageable age". The Hebrew word for "virgin" is ‘bthuwlah’. When the Hebrew text was translated into Greek in the NT, it uses the word ‘parthenos’, which has a dual meaning; a young girl or a virgin. The translators have chosen the latter for obvious reasons. More recent and accurate versions of the Bible such as the Revised Standard Version present this verse as follows:
"Therefore, the Lord Himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel"Isaiah 7:14 (RSV). So, how sure are you Isaiah 7:14 was referring to the virgin birth Jesus ??

Why are you quibbling over 'almah' and 'betulah' when Muslims themselves believe in he virgin birth ? And you are wrong about NT translations changing the meaning of virgin. The Jewish Septuagint translates it  as παρθένος (parthenos), which means -"virgin". Greek is far more a grammatically precise language than Hebrew as well.  The Jewish Septuagint was done long before the NT. 