Except that G-d, who originated the Torah, Transmitted this
particular Name to us in the future tense. And as He is the Creator
of the Universe, and of you and me, and of the Torah, He is the final
authority. And if He meant this Name to be "translated" in the
present tense, He would have Said it that way. And what man has the
credentials/audacity to second guess G-d and say that He was wrong
the way He transmitted His Name?
You attribute to this phrase the meaning "I am the Eternal".
I can just as easily attribute the same meaning as yours to this
phrase, by using the future tense as G-d transmitted it thus: "I
will [continue to] be that which I will be [and have always been -
implied]" - ie; eternal - without changing the future tense as G-d
transmitted this Name, to present tense, which people, other than all
of our Rabbinical Commentaries, seem to have the need to do, to show
that they "know better" than G-d, the Owner and Originator of this
Name, in the first place.
Shoshanna Walker
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