Biblical Hebrew Forum

[dwashbur AT nyx.net]

See the discussion for the various people's reasonings.  I'm not sure what it 
is that you 
want.  Again, if you don't find their arguments convincing, that's your right 
as a free human 
being.  But you seem to be fishing for something, and it's difficult to 
determine what.

On 29 Jun 2006 at 16:23, Awohili AT aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 06/29/2006 10:58:21 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
> dwashbur AT nyx.net writes:
> 
> I don't know  that anybody said it's not "acceptable," most have just said 
> it's preferrable  to 
> translate it as present tense.  
> ****************
>  
> That just begs the question.  Why is it any more  "preferable" to translate 
> ehyeh as "I Am" at Exodus 3:14 than at  Exodus 3:12, where KJV, NIV, NRSV, 
> NASB, NAB and others render it as "I will  be"?  It's the same word, and 
> the 
> context hasn't changed.
>  
> Obviously, many translators find it "preferable" to render  ehyeh as "I 
> will 
> be" at Exodus 3:12.  Yet, two verses later, it's "I  Am."
>  
> I see nothing convincing here.
>  
> Solomon Landers
> 
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Dave Washburn
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with is so 
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flaking off.