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Has anyone actually looked at all the uses of ehyeh in all the writings of Moses?
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Why Do So Many Believe ehyeh at Ex. 3:14 means "I AM"?
Like so many (most?) words, it can be translated in many ways. Since Moses' question was "Who are you?", not "Who will you be?", the logical translation is "I am", not "I will be".
So Jehovah and YHWH are both names of God?The Name was known, but the meaning of the Name was not. Moses' mother's name for instance included the name of God.
But, more important, God told Moses' the meaning of His name as "I Will Be" not "I Am" as the first part of this discussion shows.
Furthermore, in the very next verse after the ehyeh verse, God declares his name as YHWH, not ehyeh or "I will be" (or "I Am"). And this name of YHWH is repeated thousands of times throughout the OT, whereas "I Am" is never given as God's Name. Psalm 83:18, KJV, is very clear about this:
"That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH [YHWH], art the most high over all the earth."
And Jer. 16:21 "Therefore, behold, I will cause them to know, this once will I cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is Jehovah [YHWH]." - ASV.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_GodSo Jehovah and YHWH are both names of God?
The varied linguistic symbols God chose to identify Himself to various peoples can express what we might know about Him, but they hold no meaning in and of themselves and must be translated.
Most Hebrew names have meaning, but those meanings were not translated. Yahweh inspired only the symbols to be in the text. The same holds true for His own name. It has meaning, but He inspired only the linguistic symbols to be in the text. He desires his people to verbally pronounce the symbols, not translate His name. Yahweh could have chosen to give us the meaning of His name as He did with "Abraham" (father of a multitude), but He didn't.
Interesting how you spell the name of God considering your argument, jocor.
Just a thought.