Study it in the app“Elohim 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.”
At the bush, Moses asks God's name and hears "I will be who I will be"Who God Is
ElohimאֱלֹהִיםalsoעוֹדsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלMoses,מֹשֶׁה“Thusכֹּהyou shall sayתֹאמַרtoאֶלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵל‘YHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof your fathers,אֲבֹתֵיכֶםthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Abraham,אַבְרָהָםthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Isaac,יִצְחָקand the Elohimוֵאלֹהֵיof Jacob,יַעֲקֹבhas sent meשְׁלָחַנִיto you.’אֲלֵיכֶםThisזֶהis my nameשְּׁמִיforever,לְעֹלָםand thisוְזֶהis my remembranceזִכְרִיfrom generationלְדֹרto generation.דֹּר
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsMoses
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” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
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” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appearsAbraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appearsIsaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appearsJacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “shelaach” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemi” appearsforever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appearsremembrance, name
Remembrance: the name by which someone is remembered and called upon.
Where else “zichri” appearsgeneration
The people of the same time.
Where else “dor” appears14Elohim 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.’”
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16Go and gather the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers, has appeared to me, the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, “I have surely attended to you and to what has been done to you in Egypt,
