א־מ־ןأ م ن
ʾ-m-n “firm, reliable, trustworthy” What is firm can be trusted: Hebrew ʾāmēn 'surely, so be it' and ʾĕmet 'truth' (from *ʾament-, with the n assimilated) both grew from it. Arabic has the same root in ʾamīn 'trustworthy', ʾamān 'safety' and ʾīmān 'faith'.
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Relatives outside the atlas Biblical Hebrew אֱמוּנָה ʾĕmûnāh “faithfulness, faith” Biblical Hebrew הֶאֱמִין heʾĕmîn “to believe, trust” Arabic أَمِين ʾamīn “trustworthy; also Arabic 'amen'” Arabic أَمَان ʾamān “safety, protection” Arabic إِيمَان ʾīmān “faith” Arabic أَمَانَة ʾamāna “trust, honesty”
Sources Lexodus atlas entries amen, emes Wiktionary: אָמֵן, אֱמֶת Klein, s.v. אמן