The great scholar J. Gresham Machen said, "There is no place among the seven occurrences of almah in the Old Testament where the word is used of a woman who was not a virgin" (J. Gresham Machen, Ph.D., The Virgin Birth of Christ, Baker Book House, 1965, p.
7) ນັກສຶກສາພຣະຄໍາພີຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ ເຈເກຣແຮມເມເຊນໄດ້ເວົ້າວ່າ"ບໍ່ມີຈັກບ່ອນຖ້າມກາງການປາກົດເຈັດເທື່ອຂອງອັລມາໃນ ພັນທະສັນຍາເດີມບ່ອນທີ່ຄໍານີ້ຖືກໃຊ້ເຖິງຜູ້ຍິງຊື່ງບໍ່ແມ່ນຜູ້ທີ່ບໍລິສຸດ" (J. Gresham Machen, Ph.D., The Virgin Birth of Christ, Baker Book House, 1965, p.