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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: cornelis den hertog <cok17 AT hotmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you
  • Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 08:45:42 -0500

Possibly Moses wanted to be ready with an answer to an expected question by the elders of Israel, or by Paroh himself as to the meaning (meaning!) of the name of the God of Israel and he gets the answer EHYH = EHWH. 

for an interchange of Y and W see Gen. 3:20:

  ויקרא האדם שם אשתו חוה כי הוא היתה אם כל חי

  

XAWAH being written with a W, not, with the more appropriate, Y, XAYAH. 

Notice also the personal pronoun הוה HWH instead of היה HYH.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jan 7, 2013, at 4:16 AM, cornelis den hertog wrote:

 the name Ehyeh is never mentioned again. But what does it prove? That it

is insignificant?





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