JPS Torah Commentary: Exodus (Exodus 3:14) (timelessness, independence, and ?)

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JPS Torah Commentary: Exodus (timelessness, independence, and ?)

“Either it expresses the quality of absolute Being, the eternal, unchanging, dynamic presence, or it means, “He causes to be.” YHVH is the third person masculine singular; ehyeh is the corresponding first person singular. This latter is used here because name-giving in the ancient world implied the wielding of power over the one named; hence, the divine name can only proceed from God Himself.”