Day 8 of 75 · The reign foundations

ʾ-M-N

haymanuta: trust

הימנו · הימנותא

ܗܰܝܡܶܢܘ · ܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ

The feel

ʾ-M-N is the root of firmness, of what holds when you put weight on it. Haymen means to trust, and the Qala says trust where most translations say believe or faith, because the word means leaning on someone reliable. Its best known form is amen, which opens many of Yeshua's sayings; the Qala renders it "On firm ground, I tell you."

The root family

Form	Pattern	Script	Standard	Qala rendering
haymen	verb: the root's h-extended stem	הימנו ܗܰܝܡܶܢܘ	to believe	to trust, to rely on
haymanuta	abstract noun in -uta	הימנותא ܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ	faith	trust
mhaymna	participle-noun: a trusting one	מהימנא ܡܗܝܡܢܐ	believer, faithful	faithful, one who can be trusted
amin	frozen adverb of firmness	אמין ܐܰܡܺܝܢ	truly, verily	on firm ground: "On firm ground, I tell you"

In the Gospels the verb is haymen, a four-letter verb grown from ʾ-M-N that bends like the intensive stem, meaning to trust or entrust oneself (haymenw, Mark 1:15; mhaymen, Mark 9:24; damhaymnin, Matthew 18:6).

In his voice

Mark 1:15

"The time has come," he said, "and the reign of God has drawn near. Turn around, and trust into the hopeful news."

whaymenw, "and trust!" The imperative. The first public sentence of his ministry ends with this root, a call to lean on the hopeful news.

Mark 9:24

At once the boy's father cried out, "I trust. Help my lack of trust!"

mhaymen … haymanuti, "I trust … my trust." The father uses the verb and then the noun of this root in one cry for help.

Matthew 18:6

But whoever causes one of these little ones who trust into me to stumble, better for him to have a great millstone hung around his neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea.

damhaymnin, "who trust." The participle. It describes the little ones as people who are already trusting.

Practice

Lean your full weight against a wall for five slow breaths, and while it holds you, say mhaymen, I trust.

Connections

M-L-K haymen: to trust haymanuta: trust mhaymna: faithful amin: on firm ground

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