Umm, not quite. In Hebrew -]I AM /-]THAT/WHO -]I AM /-]is “Ehyeh asher ehyeh.” In that utterance, “ehyeh” is the 1st-person of the form for the verb “to be.” The word “yahweh” is considered by every scholar I have read to be the 3rd-person masculine form of that verb. It certainly fits the pattern.
Here is Exodus 3:14 in transliterated Hebrew:
Wa-yo’mer 'Elohiym 'el- Mosheh 'EHªYEH 'ªSHER 'EHªYEH Wa-yo’mer koh to’mar libneey Yisraa’eel 'EHªYEH shªlaachaniy 'ªleeykem
Word-for-word translation: "And-said God to-Moses -]I-AM THAT I_AM/-]. And-he-said “Thus you-shall-say to-sons of-Israel, -]‘I-AM /-]sent-me to-you.’”
DaveBj
[To finish off this great beginning…]
The Hebrew root for the phrase “to be” is “hayah”:
Hayah = to be
ehyeh = I will be
Yah = I am
The Father was not yet “what” he needed to be for his children.
…The Father said to Moses, “I will be what[ever] I [will/need to] be” [for my people]. So you will notice that the “imperfect” (incomplete/ “in progress”) form of “hayah” was used: EHY
EH.
As stated above by Dave, people redirected the name into the 3rd-person, but “y
ahweh” is incorrect. The Father had/has a plan that is “in progress” which means he is not yet finished, and because all Hebrew names suggest particular “status/function/action” his name can not be in the “complete” status/function/action just yet, but in “in progress” status/function/action: “Y
eh”.
“weh” (with “e”) is a transliteration of the letter “a”, as in “wah” (thought to be a hard “a”): “Yehw
ah”
The “u” is often not pronounced (because it’s “breathed”), so the letter is mistakenly left out from “hu”…
The Father’s name is “Yeh-hu-wah”.
Then the Father became “Salvation” (shu-wah) through his Son…but we also know that “Salvation” is not yet “complete” until the Son of Man comes again and destroys sin and death, so…
The Son’s name is “Yeh-shu-wah”.
Finally, (and probably the most overlooked) the Son told his disciples that he would ask the Father to send another helper. We call his name “the Holy Spirit”, but this is not what Yeshua says.
John 14:26] But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
Most read this passage to mean “in [Christ’s] authority”, but in biblical times one’s name also carried one’s authority (as they were interchangeable)…so the Holy Spirit essentially has the
same name as Christ and the Father (with a variation). Holy Spirit’s name reflects the “completion” of “Salvation”, so…
The Holy Spirit’s name is “Yah-shu-wah”.
All three persons essentially share the same name. “But is this conclusion supported?” Yes it is!
Matthew 28:19] Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Notice that the passage does not say “in the
names (plural) of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit”, but uses the “singular”.
There is only one name…one name that is above every name.
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