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Showing posts with label TETRAGRAMMATON: HAYAH. Show all posts
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Exodus 3:14:
The God who promises and fulfills /

Έξοδος 3:14:
Ο Θεός που υπόσχεται και εκπληρώνει





EXODUS—NOTE ON 3:14 I am who I am. In response to Moses’ question (“What is [your] name?” v. 13), God reveals his name to be “Yahweh” (corresponding to the four Hebrew consonants YHWH). The three occurrences of “I AM” in v. 14 all represent forms of the Hebrew verb that means “to be” (Hb. hayah), and in each case are related to the divine name Yahweh (i.e., “the LORD”; see note on v. 15). The divine name Yahweh has suggested to scholars a range of likely nuances of meaning: (1) that God is self-existent and therefore not dependent on anything else for his own existence; (2) that God is the creator and sustainer of all that exists; (3) that God is immutable in his being and character and thus is not in the process of becoming something different from what he is (e.g., “the same yesterday and today and forever,” Heb. 13:8); and (4) that God is eternal in his existence. While each of these points is true of God, the main focus in this passage is on the Lord’s promise to be with Moses and his people. The word translated “I am” (Hb. ’ehyeh) can also be understood and translated as “I will be” (cf. esv footnote). Given the context of Ex. 3:12 (“I will be with you”), the name of Yahweh (“the Lord”) is also a clear reminder of God’s promises to his people and of his help for them to fulfill their calling. In each of these cases, the personal name of God as revealed to Moses expresses something essential about the attributes and character of God.

* ESV Study Bible, Exodus 3:14.



Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Ο Θεός που ονομάζεται
ΘΑ ΑΠΟΔΕΙΧΤΩ
ΑΥΤΟ ΠΟΥ ΘΑ ΑΠΟΔΕΙΧΤΩ /

The God called
I SHALL PROVE TO BE
WHAT I SHALL PROVE TO BE



וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה
אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶֽהְיֶ֑ה
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר כֹּ֤ה תֹאמַר֙ לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה שְׁלָחַ֥נִי אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃

—Exodus 3:14, MT / Έξοδος 3:14, ΜΚ



Τότε ο Θεός είπε στον Μωυσή:
«ΘΑ ΑΠΟΔΕΙΧΤΩ ΑΥΤΟ ΠΟΥ ΘΑ ΑΠΟΔΕΙΧΤΩ».
Και πρόσθεσε: «Αυτό θα πεις στους γιους του Ισραήλ:
“Ο ΘΑ ΑΠΟΔΕΙΧΤΩ με έστειλε σε εσάς”».

—Έξοδος 3:14, ΜΝΚ







Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής
(Τριανταφυλλίδη, 1998), «αποδεικνύω»




Λεξικό της Νέας Ελληνικής Γλώσσας
(Μπαμπινιώτη, 2005, σ. 237), «αποδεικνύω»




Saturday, June 9, 2012

Το κύριο όνομα γΙεΧωΒάχ
& η σημασία του ριζικού του ρήματος ΧαγΙάΧ /

The proper name YeHoWaH
& the meaning of its root verb HaYaH










Το ρήμα χαγιάχ αναφορικά με τον Θεό σημαίνει να ενεργεί ως Θεός, να πολιτεύεται ως Θεός και να πραγματοποιεί ως Θεός. Καθώς το έκανε αυτό ως έναν συγκεκριμένο βαθμό όταν οδήγησε το έθνος έξω από την Αίγυπτο, το ότι είναι Θεός ο Ιαχβέ είναι συνδεδεμένο με αυτή την εκδήλωση χάρης και ισχύος. [...]


* Thorleif Boman,
Hebrew thought compared with Greek
[Η εβραϊκή σκέψη συγκρινόμενη με την ελληνική],
Westminster Press, 1960,
p./σ. 47.