Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jason Hare <jhronline AT yahoo.com>]

Lew,

I know that you've already gotten a few responses.
Personally, I think there is merit in what the KJV
translators have done. This would be based on the fact
that HaShem has given )HYH )$R )HYH [ehyeh asher
ehyeh] as a name in response to Moshe's question: 

WY)MR M$H )L-H)LHYM HNH )NKY B) )L-BNY Y&R)L W)MRTY
LHM )LHY )BWTYKM $LXNY )LKM W)MRW-LY ****MH $MW**** MH
)MR )LHM
Vayomer Moshe el-ha'elohim, "Hineh anochi va el-bnei
Yisra'el v'amarti lahem, <<Elohei avoteichem shlachani
aleichem.>> V'amru-li ****<<Mah shmo?>>**** Mah omar
alehem?"

And Moshe said to God, "See, I am coming to the sons
of Israel, and I will say to them, 'The God of your
fathers has sent me to you.' And they will say to me,
'What is His name?' What shall I say to them?"

The answer, as we know was EHYEH ASHER EHYEH. So, this
was intended as an identifier and not as a way of
dodging the question, IMO. That is why I would think
the capitalization of the phrase in English
translation would be justified.

Thanks,
Jason Hare

> Greetings
> 
> In Exodus 3:14 we have the well known phrase hyha
> dva hyha (ehyeh asher
> ehyeh) which has been loosly translated as 'Iam that
> I am". The Oxford
> Study Edition The New English Bible, in a footnote
> brings this translation
> in line with the margin notes of Moffatt, Companion
> Bible, English Revised
> Bible NIV and most others when it gives a more
> correct translation as "I
> will be what I will be".
> 
> The question is, is there any authority in the
> Hebrew to place this phrase
> in capital letters as it is done in the KJV.
> 
> Thank you in anticipation.

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Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] DSS Tense Aspect Mood
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A rough draft of my dissertation proposal on Hebrew verb tenses can be
accessed at the following locations:

http://socserv.socsci.mcmaster.ca/westerholm/thesis/proposal1.htm
http://socserv.socsci.mcmaster.ca/westerholm/thesis/proposal1.doc

I invite feedback and criticism. (Read: If I catch its weaknesses now,
I'll be able to save some face when I defend it!)

Ken Penner, McMaster/DSS
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PennerThesis