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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said god to Mosheh I_am [that]_which I_am and_he/it_said thus you_will_say to_sons of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) I_am sent_me to_you_all.
אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶֽהְיֶ֑ה
am which/who am
This is God’s response to Moses’ question about God’s name. This can be made explicit. Alternate translation: “God said to Moses, ‘Tell them that God says his name is “I AM THAT I AM.”’”
אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶֽהְיֶ֑ה
am which/who am
This could mean: (1) this whole sentence is God’s name or (2) God is not telling his name but something about himself. By saying this, God is teaching that he is eternal; he has always lived and always will live.
אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה & אֶֽהְיֶ֑ה & אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה
am & am & am
Languages that do not have an equivalent to the verb “am” may need to render this as “I LIVE” or “I EXIST.”
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
and=he/it_said
This indicates that God is still speaking. It may make more sense to omit this in some languages.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה שְׁלָחַ֥נִי אֲלֵיכֶֽם
am am sent,me to,you_all
This is a second-level quotation. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this by marking it with second-level quotation marks or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation inside a quotation. However, you may also choose to translate it as an indirect quotation, as in the UST.
3:14 I Am Who I Am: This name speaks of a God who is self-sufficient, self-existent, all encompassing, and without limitations, the one being in the universe who is not dependent on something else for his existence.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said god to Mosheh I_am [that]_which I_am and_he/it_said thus you_will_say to_sons of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) I_am sent_me to_you_all.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.