"Kesil" the Hebrew name for Orion the Mighty Hunter which means "The Fool" ======================== Although

the practice wasn't in km.t, the term and its real application in fact was. They just used it in a different context. We say "so be it" today and this may not be the case. In Egyptian we have /mnq/ "come to an end, finish, reward" [-q suffix?]). Egyptian suffixes are prefixed in ciLuba-Bantu, therefore we have /ka-manyina/ "means to an end, finish, end, result" (</mana/ "complete, end, fi nish, already")). To say "amen" at the end of the prayer simply means "to comple te" or "it's complete, done." In Yoruba (Ifa) we do this as well. When you end a prayer you say "to" (pronounced like "toh"). What is said after "to" is not inc luded in the prayer. The same concept exist among the Hebrews and I think they j ust used an Egyptian word to do it with. It's interesting this commentary on the word here: http://www.simplybible.com.au /f484.htm. The author notes that it is practically always said at the "end" of s omething. This, to me, lends more credit that the word means something else and not simply "truly." The task to support the text in question is to see if "amen" is used in a more mundane fashion. Something like how we would say, "I truly be lieve that Halle Berry is crazy." Would you use it in a sentence in Hebrew in th e same way? "I amen believe that Halle Berry is crazy!" Gardner lists a "kpr kr f I s t" or Kupara I kiri fi I si ti meaning:" to make s o, so say I it, I make it so." ========================== What is the Origin of Amen The word Amen makes its first appearance in the Bible under the most solemn circum stances. When a husband accused his wife of adultery, and she protested her inno cence, and she had not been caught in the act, the matter was settled by God und er the test of bitter water (Num 5:12-31). The woman was taken to the priest, an d the priest put her under oath. She submitted to a ceremony in which she drank some water containing dust from the tabernacle floor. If she had committed adult ery, she was be cursed with a wasting disease, but if she did not get sick, then she was proven innocent and her husband was proven wrong. During the ceremony, when the priest pronounced the curse, the woman was require d by God to say, "Amen, Amen". (Num 5:22). That is the first occurrence of the w ord in scripture. The Lord commands it to be said by a person who is yielding he rself to examination by him in his presence. In the Bible, we first found the word ========================== What Does Amen Mean? Amen commanded by the Lord (Num 5:22).

Jesus would often start a solemn statement by saying "Verily" or "Truly". In Joh n's gospel (eg Jhn 3:3) Jesus is recorded as using the word twice in succession, "Verily, verily, I say to you...". This is actually the word Amen .

When we compare an instance of this in Mark, with the same statement in Luke, we find Mark has left the word untranslated (just as a?? Amen ), but Luke has translat ed it using the word a????? "Truly". (Mark 9:1, Lke 9:27). This shows us that th e underlying meaning of the word Amen is truth and verity. It is a solemn affirmat ion. When we say, Amen we are saying, "Yes before God I agree with that, I believe that to be true, I want that to be so". In some other interesting and helpful passages... Instead of saying, "Amen, Amen" Jeremiah paraphrased the second Amen in his statement, "Amen, the Lord do so" (Jer 28:6). One of God s names or titles is "The God of Truth". If we left the last word u ntranslated, the title would read, "The God of Amen" (Isa 65:16). Paul uses the word as an affirmation when he says of Christ, "For as many as may be the promises of God, in him they are 'yes' and in him 'Amen'" (2Co 1:20) . One of the names of Jesus is "The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness" (Rev 3:14). These passages show us that the word Amen is a solemn affirmation of truth, a spec ial word that we can use whenever we have said (or heard) something that is true before God. Amen.