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Posts: 479 (06/28/09 09:11:10) |
I was glancing around for the origin and meaning of this word, but it seems there is a lot of different things on the internet about it. I don't know which
one is correct. Does it mean 'let it be' , 'be firm' , 'truely or certainly', or is it an acronym for 'God, the faithful King'
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Posts: 12378 (06/28/09 09:36:46) Moderator |
Some say it comes from
א-ל מלך נאמן Which means "Mighty G-d is a trustworthy King." The term אמן means "it is so" or "it is true" and is an affirmation.
סופי
And everything that Sarah tells you, listen to her voice. Bereshit (Genesis) 21:12
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Posts: 2181 (06/28/09 11:39:06) |
The word אָמֵן amén is derived from the verb הַאֲמֵן ha'amén, to believe. It signifies that the speaker believes what has just been said
− not the wishy-washy, christian "believes in" it (which is, for all practical purposes, meaningless), but that he
trusts that what has just been said is the truth (the English word "believe" is used in two quite different senses, which are regularly deliberately
confused one with the other by christians).
and hence it would appear to be an instruction for the Temple congregation to cheer (like "Hurrah!") at this point in the singing of the hymn. The only exceptions are in T'hillim 55:20, 57:4 where the sense seems to be "for ever". The word סִלָּֽה sillah in Kinot 1:15, although having identical spelling, is accentuated mil'ra (on the final syllable) and is not related to this sense of the word. http://mordochai.tripod.com - פרופ' מָרְדֳּכַי בֶּן-צִיּוֹן, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל
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