amen的词源

英文词源

amen

amen: [OE] Amen was originally a Hebrew noun, āmēn ‘truth’ (based on the verb āman ‘strengthen, confirm’), which was used adverbially as an expression of confirmation or agreement. Biblical texts translated from Hebrew simply took it over unaltered (the Greek Septuagint has it, for example), and although at first Old English versions of the gospels substituted an indigenous term, ‘truly’, by the 11th century amen had entered English too.

amen

Old English, from Late Latin amen, from Ecclesiastical Greek amen, from Hebrew amen "truth," used adverbially as an expression of agreement (as in Deut. xxvii:26, I Kings i:36; compare Modern English verily, surely, absolutely in the same sense), from Semitic root a-m-n "to be trustworthy, confirm, support." Used in Old English only at the end of Gospels, otherwise translated as Soðlic! or Swa hit ys, or Sy! As an expression of concurrence after prayers, it is recorded from early 13c.

中文词源

amen：阿门

来自希伯来语amen, 真理。

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amen：阿们，阿门　　

amen乃犹太教徒和基督教徒祈祷（或圣歌）结束时的常用语，表示同意、肯定或愿望。它源自希伯来语amen，在希伯来语中原意为verily（确然），truly（真实地），so be it（但愿如此），通过《旧约》中的摩西法律(Mosaic law)被引进基督教，汉语通常将amen音译作“阿们”或“阿门”，有时也意译为“诚心所愿”。