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John Etherington
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A lady friend of mine has just pointed out that Amen spelt backwards is Nema!
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Really ? ;-)
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Yeah... But it is not NEeMA, isn't it?:)
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Everybody (here) knows what's the point in this thread or is it only me not knowing? :-(
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1985 Rotterdam
1988 Amsterdam
1993 The Hague
2008 Manchester, Brussels (2x), Rotterdam
2009 Lisboa
2010 Dortmund
2012 Ghent 2012 (2x), Amsterdam 2012 (2x)
2013 Antwerp, Oberhausen, Brussels, Rotterdam, Amsterdam
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That tells a lot.
John Etherington
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We're only talking about the upper case part of NEeMA's name (and name is of course an anagram of amen)! :)
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The Talmud teaches that "Amen" is an acronym for a Hebrew name of God, "El Melekh Ne'eman", which means "the faithful King"; (Melekh means King, & ne'eman means faithful).
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Thanks, Holydove! It's interesting to hear Hebrew meanings for these words. I had previously only known Amen to mean "So be it", as at the end of a prayer.

Since there is a strong musical similarity between "I'm Your Man" and "Amen" Leonard seems to be using wordplay with (Your) Man/(A)men. Interestingly the only other song to my knowledge where this has occurred is "I Am the Lord" by Felicity Buirski on her very Cohenesque album "Repairs and Alterations" (1988). The album has an acknowledgement to Leonard on the cover, and was apparently an album that he favoured. The song "I Am the Lord" is about God splitting into two to become Lover/Beloved. The closing words were originally going to be something like "Ah ha...Ah ha...Ah..Man! However Felicity suddenly realised that what she was really trying to say was "Amen", and made this the final word, instead.

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Oh God.
and the Johnny Walker wisdom running high
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