אמן

See also: אָמן‎

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
א־מ־ן‎ (ʾ-m-n)

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew, Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /aˈmen/
(Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɔˈmeɪn/
(Iraqi Hebrew, Syrian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈmen/
(Yemenite Hebrew, Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔɔˈmen/

Interjection

אָמֵן • (amén)

Used to express agreement with what was just stated: amen

Descendants

→ Classical Syriac: ܐܡܝܢ‎ ('āmēyn)
→ Ancient Greek: ἀμήν (amḗn)
- → Arabic: آمِينَ‎ (ʔāmīna)
  - Gulf Arabic: آمين‎ (āmin)
- → Bulgarian: амин (amin)
- → Estonian: aamen
- → Finnish: aamen
- → Ge'ez: አሜን (ʾämen)
- → Latin: āmēn
  - → German: Amen
  - → English: amen
- → Russian: ами́нь (amínʹ)

References

H543 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Noun

אָמָּן • (omán) m

defective spelling of אומן‎ (omán).

Noun

אֻמָּן • (umán) m

defective spelling of אומן‎

Verb

אִמֵּן • ('imén) (pi'el construction)

defective spelling of אימן‎

Verb

אֻמַּן • ('umán) (pu'al construction)

defective spelling of אומן‎

Yiddish

Interjection

אמן • (omeyn)

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of אָמן‎ (omeyn).

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