Bantu Hebrew
Many Bantu languages preserve ancient Hebrew vocabulary carried by Israelites scattered into Sub-Saharan Africa — first during the Assyrian conquest of the Northern Kingdom in 721 B.C., and again after the Roman conquest of Judea in A.D. 70. These are the Hebrews “beyond the rivers of Kush” (Zephaniah 3:10). Also including other Niger-Congo languages, since Bantu languages are a subset of the Niger-Congo family.
a numeral from אָחַד; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first; a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
| Word | Meaning | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Eka | one, alone, by oneself | Bemba |
plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
| Word | Meaning | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Mulimu | God, Supreme being | Lozi |
3.
בֵּן
bên
→
from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
| Word | Meaning | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Bene | sons of, children of, belonging to | Bemba |
dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
from חָדַשׁ; the new moon; by implication, a month; month(-ly), new moon.
| Word | Meaning | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Umwenshi | Moon, month | Bemba |
from חָשַׁךְ; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness; dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
| Word | Meaning | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Ubushiku | night, darkness, difficulty | Bemba |
from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
| Word | Meaning | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Nyambe | The actual name of | Lozi |
from רוּחַ; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions); air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
| Word | Meaning | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Roho | spirit, soul | Swahili |