To: <kgraham0938 AT comcast.net>, <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ex3:14
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:27:35 +0300
> I understand what you are saying, however, I don't think "I will be who I
will be" answers Moses' question.
>
> Moses ask "What is your name?" paraphrase.
>
> YHWH answers " I will be who I will be."
>
> That does not make sense. That is why I think I am who I am is the best
translation.
>
That does not makes sense in English. In other languages, Russian and Modern
Hebrew in particular, it is idiomatic refusal. And this meaning is supported
by similar constructs in Ex33:19.