# immanuel (עִמָּנוּ אֵל)

pronounced: ee-ma-noo-EL


**“God with us” — the name Isaiah gave the promised child; Matthew gives it to Jesus**

## In Scripture

> Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
> — Isaiah 7:14 (The name of the promised child, given as a sign to the house of David.)

> It will sweep onward into Judah. It will overflow and pass through; it will reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings will fill the breadth of your land, Immanuel.
> — Isaiah 8:8 (Isaiah calls the land of Judah Immanuel’s own.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/immanuel/