[b-hebrew] Ex3:14
kgraham0938 at comcast.net
kgraham0938 at comcast.net
Sun Sep 11 22:25:50 EDT 2005
I also think that I AM who I AM is better because I think that it answer Moses' question. What is your name?
In my mind "I will who I will be." be does not answer the question.
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Kelton Graham
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> On 11/09/2005 18:35, Vadim Cherny wrote:
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> >...
> >
> >- If Ex3:14 contains the name, it could only be "I will be that I will
> be," a theologically odd notion that God is not currently present. The
> translation "I am that I am" hinges on the wrong theory that Hebrew lacks
> tenses. Even in that theory, reading grammatical future tense as present tense
> is extremely unusual.
> >
> >
>
> Indeed it would be unusual to read anything as future tense if Hebrew
> has no tenses! But you misunderstand the theory. On that theory the
> YIQTOL form used here is not in any sense a future tense, but a timeless
> continuous verb form.
>
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