THE NAME OF GOD REVEALED?
The words of the Burning Bush, from which Moses received instructions on freeing the Israelite slaves from the Egyptians (scholar theories often date the Exodus to around 1250 BC), are typically listed as “I am who am.” If we look at this as being spoken by a being, i.e. God, who is introducing himself/herself and saying their name, then if we take away the “I am” part, i.e. “I am Max Hawthorne”, what remains, logically (and very simply – a tack that a being as almighty as God would likely take with a primitive people such as the Hebrews during the time of Moses) that the words “Who Am” are the name of God.
I’m basing this on me being one who speaks English, of course. However, since the language of the Israelites was Hebrew, then it means that the words “Who am” taken literally (and logically) are the name of God. Using Google Translate, that means that name is Mi Ani (pronounced My-an-Eye).
If I look at the statement in its complete form, i.e. “I am who am”, and with no other punctuation, it then translates as “Ani Mi Shani”. This is versus the aforementioned “Mi Ani”, which is the straight translation of just “Who am”. If I take things a step forward and add a comma after the first “am”, as in, “I am, who am”, then I get “Ani, Mi Ani”. That would be like someone is saying, “Annie, me Annie”.
I find that last one to be so straightforward that even a Late Bronze Age culture (e.g. from the time of Moses) would have been able to understand it. I suspect that, as in many languages, (Japanese, for example) when one introduces oneself, you give the last name first (think “Bond, James Bond” or Musashi, Miyamoto). “Ani” is the last name, and “Mi” is the first name. That would mean saying Ani, Mi Ani as an introduction would be literally like saying, “Bond, James Bond” or “Ani, Mi Ani”.
If that is the case, then God’s actual name is Mi Ani. Mi is the first name, and Ani is the last name or surname.
Mystery solved? I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Best wishes,
Max Hawthorne
If that is the case, then God’s actual name is Mi Ani. Mi is the first name, and Ani is the last name or surname.
Mystery solved? I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Best wishes,
Max Hawthorne
