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Bereshith-Genesis 2:4; These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that Yehowah ‘Elohim made earth and heavens.
In this verse we see the use of Yehowah as a proper noun to designate the Creator of the heavens and earth. In grammar we see that the proper noun indication is appropriate to show us a strict and accurate designation of the Creator. But, there is much more.
Shemoth-Exodus 3:12 ; And ‘Elohim said to Mosheh, “But ‘EHYEH (I am) with you. And this is the sign that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Mitsrayim, you are to serve ‘Elohim on this mountain.”
Shemoth-Exodus 12:14-15; And ‘Elohim said to Mosheh, “ ‘EHYEH ‘ASHER ‘EHYEH! (I shall be what I shall be!).” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Yisra’el, ‘‘EHYEH (I am) has sent me to you.’”
And ‘Elohim said further to Mosheh, “Thus you are to say to the children of Yisra’el, ‘Yehowah ‘Elohay of your fathers, the ‘Elohay of Abraham, the ‘Elohay of Yitschaq, and the ‘Elohay of Ya’aqob, has sent me to you. This is My Name forever, and this is My Remembrance throughout all generations.’
Although the Creator’s Name was shown as a proper noun in Bereshith 2:4 and many other places in Scripture, we must realize that the Name is a verb, not a noun or an adjective. In both verses 12 and 14 of Shemoth-Exodus the Creator ‘Elohim refers to Himself as ‘EHYEH. Both instances are Qal imperfect, and first person common singular, which is the simple future tense of Hebrew verb ‘Hayah.’ This verb has a Hebrew meaning in these verses as ‘to be.’ Only Yehowah can say to Mosheh and to us that “I shall be what I shall be” or “I am.” Since the Name is a Qal simple active verb and imperfect we see that the action indicated by the verb is not completed, but rather still in the process of becoming! The action – process is not complete, thus Yehowah will become what ever we need to fulfill all of our needs. In the Scriptural Hebrew, imperfect verbs are used to describe a simple action in future time and a second use is to describe repeated, habitual or customary actions, whether in the past, present, or the future, in this instance the future.
