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title: אָמֵן — verily · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָמֵן (543), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 30 times: verily. BDB 1906: adv. verily, truly. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָמֵן

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«אָמֵן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **verily** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 30 times · **Key:** 543 · **BDB:** אָמֵן

### Glosses

amen (28); of.surely (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

verily [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/543/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. verily, truly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/543/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adv. verily, truly Dt 27:15–26 (12 times) 1 K 1:36 Ne 5:13 Je 11:5; 28:6 \& doxologies 1 Ch 16:36 (= ψ 106:48); אָמֵן (ו)אָמֵן Nu 5:22 (P) Ne 8:6, \& in the doxologies ψ 41:14; 72:19; 89:53; 106:48. ἀμήν = Amen: אֱלֹהֵי אָמֵן Is 65:16(×2) God of Amen De Che RVm; cf. Rev 3:14, or God of faithfulness, God of truth (RV) (perhaps read אֹמֶן Che Di).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 13 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָמֵן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/543/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 89:53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.53/)

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בָּר֖וּךְ יְהוָ֥ה לְ֝עוֹלָ֗ם אָ֘מֵ֥ן ׀ וְאָמֵֽן׃

*Word for word:* \[be\].blessed Yahweh forever of.perpetuity amen and amen

*JPS 1917:* Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

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[Deuteronomy 27:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.27.17/)

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אָר֕וּר מַסִּ֖יג גְּב֣וּל רֵעֵ֑הוּ וְאָמַ֥ר כָּל־הָעָ֖ם אָמֵֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* \[is\].cursed \[one.who\].displaces the.boundary his.neighbor his and it.will.say all the people amen

*JPS 1917:* Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say: Amen.

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