The Mother of the Infant King Isaiah 7: 14

Jerusalem around 735 BC. Two armies threaten the Holy City to overthrow the dynasty of David. Ahaz king of Judah is consumed by fear and worry. Then the prophet Isaiah delivers his message: the alma is pregnant she bears a son and gives him the name Emmanuel. What is the meaning of the word alma? Without doubt more has been written on the interpretation of this term than on any other verse in the Old Testament. Is it a question of a virgin as claimed by the fathers of the church or of a young woman as asserted by the majority of modern scholars? “