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ner, in Hebrew and in Greek, as d^r ufiudfiuv, acr oWvwr did(3o\ogf ffurocvng' xurfiyup, xa rriyopuv. The names of enemies are expressed in the twofold idiom : and previously the name of the Lord God Him- self is expressed in a twofold manner.
§ 18. In the Divine title which we are considering, the first and second members are put by themselves in Greek ; but the third and fourth members, which have the same meaning as the two former, are only used for this purpose, that they may bring to the memory of the reader the Hebrew nifcOS Pil n\ For although the noun mrP itself might be expressed by Greek letters, yet it never was so ex- pressed among the people of God. The God of the J ews and Gentiles is described by a Greek and Hebrew name.
§ 19. The first and third members are parallel, each having the force of a proper name ; to the first is added o Qsbg , to the third 6 <7ravro'/.pdTc*jp , each of them being an appellative.
§ 20. Thus far have we considered this passage separately : it now comes to be compared with the parallel passages. For here the ex- pression employed is 6 dDv xa/' 6 r\v nut 6 sp^ofievogj and 6 r\v xai 6 %a\ 6
sp^ofievog, ch. iv. 8 ; and afterwards, 6 &v xal 6 rjv ; and finally, 6 uv. See below on ch. xi. 17, xix. 1.
§21. When God appeared to Moses in the bush, He called Him- self n\“iK, I will be. In Exod. iii. 14 He supplies this reason for His name : I will be what I will be , as He had said to Moses at the 12th verse of the same chapter, I will be with thee. Afterwards He Him- self expresses the name, commanding Moses to say, n'HK I will be hath sent me. The Verb nViK becomes a Noun, as 6 the Article being prefixed : and 6 f}v itself is a befitting phrase, as in Aristotle, e Mug TO effrai xat rb /j,e\\e/vy erepov , 1. ii. de gener. et corrupt, c. 11.
§ 22. This Name having been proclaimed to Moses, throughout the same vision, and afterwards throughout the whole writing of the Old Testament, the name niiT is mentioned. rPiitf of the first person might have appeared suitable there, where the Lord is speaking of Himself, and nirT1 of the third person, where angels and men are the speakers. And yet Moses was commanded to say, nviK I will be hath sent me ; and the Lord also calls Himself iTin' Jehovah : and the name nvix is not afterwards repeated, whereas the name miT is of constant occurrence. It is plain therefore that the name mrr» adds to the meaning of the name rpriN something beyond the mere differ- ence between the first and third person ; since first of all the Lord called Himself I shall be , and presently afterwards He began to call Himself by the habitual title.? He shall be — Being — He was.
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