Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh The name Ehyeh (Hebrew: אֶהְיֶה) denotes God’s potency in the immediate future, and is part of YHWH. The phrase ehyeh-asher-ehyeh (Exodus 3:14) is interpreted by some authorities as I will be because I will be, using the second part as a gloss and referring to God’s promise, Certainly I will be [ehyeh] with thee (Exodus 3:12). Other authorities claim that the whole phrase forms one name. The Targum Onkelos leaves the phrase untranslated and is so quoted in the Talmud (B. B. 73a). The I am that I am of the Authorized Version is based on this view. I am that I am (Hebrew: אהיה אשר אהיה, pronounced ’’Ehyeh asher ehyeh’) is the sole response used in (Exodus 3:14) when Moses asked for God’s name. It is one of the most famous verses in the Hebrew Bible. Hayah means existed or was in Hebrew; ehyeh is the first-person singular imperfect form. Ehyeh asher ehyeh is generally interpreted to mean I will be what I will be, I shall be what I shall be or I am that I am (King James Bible and others). The Tetragrammaton itself may derive from the same verbal root.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 08:48:01 +0000
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