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.

13 comparisons 11 Hebrew words 4 languages →
1. אֶחָד ʼechâd
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
2. אַי ʼay
perhaps from אַיִן; where? hence how?; how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way).
Word Meaning Language
kai Where Lozi
3. אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
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
4. אֲנִי ʼănîy
lemma אֲנַי second vowel, corrected to אֲנִי; contracted from אָנֹכִי; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
Word Meaning Language
Ine I (myself), me Bemba
5. בֵּן Ben
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
6. מַיִם mayim
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)).
Word Meaning Language
Amenshi water Bemba
Mezi Water Lozi
Amanzi water Zulu
7. חֹדֶשׁ chôdesh
from חָדַשׁ; the new moon; by implication, a month; month(-ly), new moon.
Word Meaning Language
Umwenshi Moon, month Bemba
8. חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
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
9. יְהֹוָה Yahweh
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
10. רוּחַ rûwach
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
11. יָרֵא yârêʼ
a primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten; affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Word Meaning Language
tina afraid, be in fear of Bemba