Thirdly, while Knabenbauer's philological evidence is very thorough and often impressive, and his insistence on giving priority of meaning to a word's usage in context rather than to its etymology is sound, the question remains whether he has taken seriously enough Gesenius's arguments on the interpretation of Isa. 7:14 (Commentar Tuber den Jesaia, vol. 1, pp. 297ff.), which undercut
the etymology of Jerome respecting almah.
