Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 03/08/2005 19:13, Awohili AT aol.com wrote:

> By translators in the LXX *tradition* who render Ehyeh at Exodus 3:14 
> as "I Will Be" I was referring to Aquila and Theodotion (1st - 2nd 
> centuries CE), who render ESOMAI hOS ESOMAI here.


But these are not "in the LXX tradition". Aquila is rather a deliberate 
rejection of the LXX in favour of a hyper-literal translation, which I 
suppose made the same mistake as Shoshanna in reading contemporary 
meanings of verb forms back into biblical Hebrew.

>  
> The LXX as represented by Rahlfs does not really translate EHYEH ASHER 
> EHYEH literally, but attempts to interpret it: EGW EIMI hO WN, "I am 
> The Being [=Existing One]."  ...


I never said it did. But the first EHYEH is translated literally: EGW 
EIMI. This proves that LXX does not consistently translate EHYEH as future.

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