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ElohimאֱלֹהִיםsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלMoses,מֹשֶׁה“I will beאֶהְיֶהwhoאֲשֶׁרI will be.”אֶהְיֶהAnd he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Thusכֹּהyou shall sayתֹאמַרto the sonsלִבְנֵיof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵל‘Ehyehאֶהְיֶהhas sent meשְׁלָחַנִיto you.’”אֲלֵיכֶם
Exodus 3:14
Study it in the app“Elohim said to Moses, “I will be who I will be.” And he said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel: ‘Ehyeh has sent me to you.’””
At the bush, Moses asks God's name and hears "I will be who I will be"Who God Is
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 3:14, word by word
- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- “I will beאֶהְיֶהehye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “ehye” appears- to the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- has sent meשְׁלָחַshelaach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shelaach” appears
Translation note
“Ehyeh” is the first person of the verb “to be.” The phrase can be translated “I will be who I will be” or “I am who I am”: this form of the Hebrew verb serves for the present and for the future. The name YHWH (3:15) sounds like the third person of the same verb (“he is,” “he will be”).
The context
13Moses said to Elohim, “Look, if I come to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘The Elohim of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?”
14 · This verse (above)
15Elohim also said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel: ‘YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and this is my remembrance from generation to generation.