1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
EMMANUEL, or IMMANUEL, a Hebrew symbolical proper name, meaning " God (is) with us." When in 734-733 B.C. Ahaz. king of Judah, alarmed at the preparations made against him by the Syro-Ephraimitish alliance, was inclined to seek aid from Tiglath-pUeser of Assyria, the prophet Isaiah endeavoured to allay his fear by telling him that the danger would pass away, and as a sign from Yahweh that this should be so, any young woman who should within the year bear a son, might call his name Immanuel in token of the divine pr…
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