I AM meaning I Am that I Am (אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה, ehyeh ašer ehyeh [ehˈje aˈʃer ehˈje]) is a common English translation (JPS among others) of the response God used in the Hebrew Bible whenMoses asked for his name (Exodus 3:14). It is one of the most famous verses in the Torah. Hayah means existed or was in Hebrew; ehyeh is the first person singular imperfect form and is usually translated in English Bibles as I will be (or I shall be), for example, at Exodus 3:14. Ehyeh asher ehyehliterally translates as I Will Be What I Will Be, with attendant theological and mystical implications in Jewish tradition. However, in most English Bibles, in particular the King James Version, this phrase is rendered as I am that I am.Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh (often contracted in English as I AM) is one of the Seven Names of God accorded special care by medieval Jewish tradition.[1] The phrase is also found in other world religious literature, used to describe the Supreme Being, generally referring back to its use in Exodus. The wordEhyeh is considered by many rabbinical scholars to be a first-person derivation of theTetragrammaton, see for example Yahweh
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