“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 · King James Version
Hebrew word study
יְהֹוָה
I AM
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
Though the word doesn't appear in this verse, its meaning lives at the heart of it — this is the name God is essentially defining right here, revealing himself as the self-existent One who depends on nothing and no one to exist, the eternal "I AM" who simply *is*.