# amen (אָמֵן)

pronounced: a-MEN


**Truly; so be it — an affirmation from the same root family as emunah**

## In Scripture

> ‘Cursed is the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’   All the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’
> — Deuteronomy 27:15 (Israel answers the covenant words by making them its own)

> and this water that brings a curse will go into your bowels, and make your body swell, and your thigh fall away.” The woman shall say, “Amen, Amen.”
> — Numbers 5:22 (Exact occurrence — the doubled amen accepts the solemn covenant oath.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/amen/