> Both in Ex3 and in Ex33 'verb asher verb' has the > sense of refusal: refusal > to tell the name and to show the face. > ehye asher ehye is not the name, but a refusal to > tell it. Similarly in Ex33 It has that sense in modern Hebrew (slang?) - it's a curt, impolite, impatient retort; but in Biblical Hebrew?! Noam