Yahweh / Jehovah - "I AM THAT I AM" (Mackey, An encyclopaedia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences, 1874)
Text: "And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you." Exodus 3:14 ; "And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord:" Exodus 6:2 Quote: Jehovah. [...] [...] In Hebrew it consists of four letters, יהוה , [...] This Ineffable name is derived from the substantive verb היה , hayah, to be; and combining, as it does, in its formation the present, past, and future significations of the verb, it is considered as designating God in his immutable and eternal existence. [...] In the third chapter of that book, when Moses asks of God what is his name, he replies "I Am that I Am; and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you," and he adds, "this is my name forever." Now, the Hebrew word I AM is אהיה , Ehyeh . But as Mendelsohn has correctly obse...