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indicates that the Hebrew aleph-bet’s letters
        are for words that are only truth.) 2
          The right hand is used in the sense of the
        stronger hand, or strength. To make a prayer
        come true it requires the  right hand  ןימי
        yamin, the strength of God.
          You can look at the word wheel for amen
        and easily see the application of some, though
        not all, of the words growing from this root to
        make a prayer come true.


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        1  Edward Horowitz, How The Hebrew Language Grew, KTAV
        Publishing House, Inc., p 25
        2  Brim note: The Hebrew language is very old. The first two
        letters are alef (aleph) and bet. Hence their word aleph-bet. The
        Greeks borrowed the letters and changed aleph to alpha, call-
        ing their letters the alphabet. We use that word for the ABC’s.















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