Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh — I AM WHO I AM
אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה
'I AM WHO I AM' — or 'I will be who I will be' — God naming Himself to Moses from the fire.
Jewish thought reads a promise of presence: 'I will be with them in this trouble as I will be in troubles to come.' Christian thought hears the metaphysical ground of all being — and the name Yeshua claimed in the Gospel of John's great I AM sayings.
First occurrence
Exod 3:14 — The burning bush
Key passages
Exod 3:14 — 'Say to the children of Israel: I AM has sent me'
Hos 1:9 — Its shadow: 'I will not be yours' (Lo-Ehyeh)
In the Greek Scriptures
Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ὤν (LXX)