Yombe
ISO 639-3: yom
Regional ethnic language
Language Details
| Family Lineage | Niger-Congo › Atlantic-Congo › Volta-Congo › Benue-Congo › Bantoid › Southern Bantoid › Bantu |
| Countries | DR Congo, Republic of the Congo |
| Approximate Speakers | ~250,000 |
| Notes | Part of the Kikongo language continuum |
Hebrew Comparisons
| Word | Meaning | Hebrew Word | Transliteration | Hebrew Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sama | sky | שָׁמַיִם | shâmayim | dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s). |