Editing Names of God in Judaism (section)

=== Ehyeh{{anchor|Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh|I am that I am}}===
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{{transliteration|he|Ehyeh asher ehyeh}} ({{lang|he|אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה}}) is the first of three responses given to [[Moses]] when he asks for God's name in the [[Book of Exodus]].<ref name="ex314" /> The [[King James Version]] of the Bible translates the Hebrew as "[[I Am that I Am]]" and uses it as a way to describe God.{{listen
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The word {{transliteration|he|ehyeh}} is the [[grammatical person|first-person]] singular [[imperfect]] form of {{transliteration|he|hayah}}, 'to be'. Biblical Hebrew does not distinguish between [[grammatical tense]]s. It has instead an [[grammatical aspect|aspectual system]] in which the imperfect denotes any actions that are not yet completed,<ref>{{cite web |title=Biblical Hebrew |url=https://biblicalhebrew.org/hebrew-tenses.aspx |access-date=2020-11-05 |archive-date=2020-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812101010/https://biblicalhebrew.org/hebrew-tenses.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hebrew Tenses |date=31 January 2022 |url=https://christian.net/pub/resources/text/m.sion/hebrtens.htm |access-date=5 November 2020 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040500/https://christian.net/pub/resources/text/m.sion/hebrtens.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Biblical Hebrew Grammar do Beginners |url=https://hebrew.laits.utexas.edu/drupal/themes/hebrewgrid/bh/bhonline/grammar/aspect.pdf |access-date=2020-11-05 |archive-date=2021-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227235230/https://hebrew.laits.utexas.edu/drupal/themes/hebrewgrid/bh/bhonline/grammar/aspect.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Accordingly, {{transliteration|he|Ehyeh asher ehyeh}} can be rendered in English not only as "I am that I am" but also as "I will be what I will be" or "I will be who I will be", or "I shall prove to be whatsoever I shall prove to be" or even "I will be because I will be". Other renderings include: Leeser, "I Will Be that I Will Be"; Rotherham, "I Will Become whatsoever I please", Greek, {{transliteration|grc|[[Ego eimi]] ho on}} ({{lang|grc|ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ὤν}}), "I am Being/the Existing One" in the [[Septuagint]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Exodus 3:14 LXX |url=http://bibledatabase.net/html/septuagint/02_003.htm |access-date=2014-05-21 |publisher=Bibledatabase.net |archive-date=2011-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810013425/http://bibledatabase.net/html/septuagint/02_003.htm }}</ref> and [[Philo]],<ref>Yonge. Philo Life Of Moses Vol.1 :75</ref><ref>Life of Moses I 75, Life of Moses II 67,99,132,161 in F.H. Colson Philo Works Vol. VI, Loeb Classics, Harvard 1941</ref> and [[Book of Revelation|Revelation]];<ref>Rev.1:4,1:8.4:8 UBS Greek Text Ed.4</ref> [[Latin]], {{lang|la|ego sum qui sum}}, "I am Who I am."

The word {{transliteration|he|asher}} is a [[relative pronoun]] whose meaning depends on the immediate context, so that "that", "who", "which", or "where" are all possible translations of that word.<ref name="Seidner, 4">Seidner, 4.</ref>