[adverb] the response given upon hearing a blessing, meaning “so be it;” also interpreted as an abbreviation of “E-l Melech Ne’eman,” “The Mighty and Faithful King,” where we see the relationship between “Amen” and “Ne’eman,” “Faithful”
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