| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| ENTRY: |  mn. |
| DEFINITION: | West Semitic, to be firm, confirmed, reliable, faithful, have faith, believe. a. amen, from Hebrew  m n, truly, certainly; b. Mammon, from Aramaic mmon, probably from Mishnaic Hebrew mmôn, probably from earlier *mam n (? “security, deposit”). Both a and b from Hebrew man, to be firm. |
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