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Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you

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?

[b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 ‘Ehyeh has sent me to you’, cornelis den hertog, 01/02/2013
- Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 ŒEhyeh has sent me to you¹, George Athas, 01/02/2013
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 ŒEhyeh has sent me to you¹, K Randolph, 01/02/2013
    - [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you, cornelis den hertog, 01/03/2013
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you, kenneth greifer, 01/03/2013
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        Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you, Isaac Fried, 01/05/2013
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you, cornelis den hertog, 01/07/2013
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        Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you, Isaac Fried, 01/06/2013
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you, Norman Cohn, 01/06/2013
        Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you, Isaac Fried, 01/06/2013
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you, George Athas, 01/07/2013
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        Re: [b-hebrew] role of euphemism and racial stereotying in biblical hebrew, K Randolph, 01/07/2013
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