Moreover, they claim that there is no indication that Immanuel will be the Messiah, whatever the timing of his birth. Isaiah's original Hebrew, reads: Hinneh ha-almah harah ve-yeldeth ben ve-karath shem-o immanuel. The word Almah is part of the Hebrew phrase ha-almah hara, meaning 「the alma is pregnant.」 Since the present tense is used, it is clear that the young woman was already pregnant and hence not a virgin. This being the case, the verse cannot be cited as a prediction of the future.