Summary
The root ʾ-m-n covers safety, trust, and fidelity: أمِن، الأمان، المأمون (the trusted one), آمين. The Troy dossier's node أخ-٤ reads Μέμνων (Memnon) — the eastern king allied to Troy, whose eastern origin (Susa/Ethiopia) the Greeks themselves affirmed — as مأمون/ميمون, grade ج. It extends the same element to Ἀγαμέμνων (Agamemnon) as a possible Greek-Semitic hybrid "the great trusted one" — but holds that at grade د+ since the aga- prefix is transparently Greek. (المصدر: raw/greek/طروادة_عقد_جذور.md)
Attested Forms
| Language | Form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | amina / amān | to be safe / safety |
| Arabic | maʾmūn / maymūn | trusted / blessed |
| Hebrew | ʾāmēn / ʾemūnāh | amen / faithfulness |
| Aramaic | hēmanūtā | faith |
| Greek (proposed) | Μέμνων | Memnon (grade ج) |
| Greek (deferred) | Ἀγαμέμνων | Agamemnon (grade د+) |
Sound Changes
- ʾ → lost initially; the m-m-n skeleton carries the match
- Hybrid formations (Greek prefix + borrowed element) are an established naming pattern, which is what keeps the Agamemnon extension alive though unproven (المصدر: raw/greek/طروادة_عقد_جذور.md)
Entities Using This Root
- Memnon — المأمون: the trusted eastern ally; Agamemnon as مؤتمن الحلف (the confederation's trustee) discussed there under open questions
Semantic Evolution
Physical safety → relational trust → theological fidelity (amen, ʾemūnāh). The Memnon reading sits at the relational pole: the ally whose function is trustworthiness. (المصدر: raw/greek/طروادة_عقد_جذور.md)