Exo 3:14 KJV
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.
The following definition of (I AM) is from the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible:
H1961
היה
hâyâh
haw-yaw'
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary): - beacon, X altogether, be (-come, accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), continue, do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, X use.
I Googled both words (hayah) and (eheye). It turns out that both are used depending on which translation you are reading. Also, there is a footnote in the New Living Translation using either phrase: (I AM WHO I AM) or (I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE).
I understood His name to mean that He exists. People have never seen God since He is spirit. Moses was sent by God to deliver the Jewish people from Egypt. God would do His wonders through this man. I am sure that He did not want Moses to take the credit for those miracles. The people needed to know that there is an invisible God in heaven and not a man performing such wonders. But, of course this is my understanding. Perhaps, you are correct in your translation.
