Short List of Languages Around the World that confirm the Sabbath
By Kelly McDonald, Jr.
The Hebrew word for Sabbath is Shabbat. One of the proofs that the Sabbath is from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset is that many different languages call Saturday some version of Sabbath, sabado, saptu, etc.. Let’s take a look at a short list:
Indonesian – Sabtu
Tagalog (Philippines) – Sabado
Latin – Sabbatum
Italian – Sabato
Spanish – Sabado
Portuguese – Sabado
Greek – Savatoh
Russian – Subota
Polish – Sobota
Arabic – Al Sabt
Somali (East Africa) – Sabti
Mandingo also called Mandinka (West Africa) – Sibiti
Ormo or Galla (East Africa) – Sanbata tenna
Kisii, also called Gusii or Ekegusii (Africa) – Esabato
We can see that on different continents and different countries, one thing remains constant: the Sabbath is preserved by language.
Kelly McDonald, Jr. BSA President www.biblesabbath.org
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