Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Vadim Cherny" <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>]

James, the reasoning is fairly simple. *If* ehie in Ex3:14 is the name, not
a common verb, and *if* ihwe is also the name, then this variation could be
only explained by the name being a verb, 1s and 3ms, respectively.

*If*, however, we translate Ex3:14 literally--and it makes more sense
literally--then ehie is a common verb, not the name, and ihwe doesn't have
to be a verb, either.

Vadim Cherny

>
> I hate to keep pressing the point but does anyone know why there is an
opinion
> that YHWH is 3ms hiphil of ehyeh Qal?
>
> This seems very odd to me and recent discussions have made me start to
radically
> change my understanding of the name.