Verses from the Jewish Publication Society Bible (JPS) Tanach:

Genesis 24: 43 behold, I stand by the fountain of water; and let it come to pass, that the maiden that cometh forth to draw, to whom I shall say: Give me, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher to drink;

Exodus 2: 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her: 'Go.' And the maiden went and called the child's mother.

Isaiah 7: 14 Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: behold, the young woman shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

How is this a SIGN if Almah means "young woman"? Why does the JPS translate "almah" as "maiden" in most verses yet translate the same word as meaning "young woman" in Isaiah 7:14? This is VERY strange and seems to show a bias on the part of the Jewish (mis)translators.

The Jewish scholars who translated the Hebrew scriptures into a Greek version of the Tanach, translated "almah" in Isaiah 7:14 as parthenos, which means "virgin". Since these Jewish Torah experts were well acquainted with the meaning of the Hebrew words as well as the Greek, their choice of words is very meaningful (this was several hundred years before Yeshua's birth).

If "young woman" means she is considered too young to have children, did you know that there have been girls as young as eight years old that have given birth in modern times? And there is an increasing number of ten-year-olds that give birth every year? So if a young woman giving birth is a sign, it is an extremely poor sign!

If this is supposed to be a SIGN from G-d, then how young would the Messiah's mother need to be? Since traditional Jews believe Yeshua is not the Messiah and the Messiah is to be born in modern times, then they believe that Messiah has been born within the past few decades, or is soon to be born. With the laws against marrying young children in modern times, this would mean either an illegal marriage or the Messiah's mother was raped by a pedophile.

Obviously the rabbi's own definition of almah meaning "young woman" leaves a lot of unanswered questions. Since there are so many "young women" giving birth in modern times, then a "young woman" giving birth is no sign at all - And therefore, saying "almah" means "young woman" as a SIGN from Adonai is a meaningless sign. Do the rabbis think G-d would give a non-sign as A SIGN from Adonai??? Obviously, almah means more than "young woman".

What most traditional Jews forget is the rest of the verse. They spend so much time arguing about the meaning of "almah" that they distract from the rest of the verse (or maybe that is their intention!): and shall call his name Immanuel which means "God [is] with us"

Rabbis claim Isaiah 7:14 is not a Messianic verse, so what is a young woman giving birth (in the days of Ahaz according to traditional rabbis) a sign of? If this verse was about that, then who was the "young woman" and what was the sign and what is the significance of this that G-d would give it as a prophecy?

Take a look at the following verse which shows that Isaiah says that the Messiah will definitely be born as a child and is definitely God Incarnate:

Isaiah 9: 5 For a child is born unto us, a son is given unto us; and the government is upon his shoulder; and his name is called Pele-joez-el-gibbor-Abi-ad-sar-shalom;

The JPS Tanach, for some reason, does not translate Pele-joez-el-gibbor-Abi-ad-sar-shalom which is translated "Wonder of a Counselor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace"...

Wonder why that is?