At 09:57 AM 8/30/01 -0700, you wrote:
>I have a question for those better acquainted with the development of the
Hebrew language. In Isaiah 52:6 God says,
>"Therefore my people will know my name; therefore in that day they will
know that it is I who foretold it. Yes, I am He."
>
>I am He translates )NY H). As I remember Modern Hebrew often translates
this as I Am. This is also the phrase found in my Hebrew New Testament
where Jesus says before Abraham was, I am. Here is my question. Does the
author of Isaiah 52 use )NY H) synonymously with YHWH?
yes.
jim
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Jim West, ThD
Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies, Roane State Community College