| The True Sabbath Found in the
Languages of World. |
|
Dr. William
Meade Jones | | Dr.
William Meade Jones lived over a hundred and fifty years ago, and
was a well-known London, England, research expert. He discovered in
his studies that the Seventh-day Sabbath was the only weekly Sabbath
ever commanded by God in the Bible.
Jones decided that,
since Scripture clearly shows that the Bible Sabbath was first given
to mankind at the end of the Creation Week, (Genesis 2:1-3) then two
important facts would have had to be known throughout the ancient
world: First, a fixing of the seven-day weekly cycle on a world-wide
basis, and second, an ancient world-wide knowledge of the
Seventh-day Sabbath.
Jones was convinced of this for several
reasons:
1. Adam and Noah were
earnest worshipers of God and were faithful Sabbath keepers.
(Genesis 6:9,7:5)
2. They would
have taught their descendents about the Bible Sabbath, and its
sacredness.
3. The truth that
God is to be worshiped on the seventh of each seven-day week,
requires a seven-day week, even though they may have later turned to
idols and left the worship of the True God.
4. As the descendents of Adam and Noah
spread out all over the world, they would have carried with them the
seven day week, and the seventh day holy Sabbath given by God to
mankind.
Many of Adam's and Noah's descendents became
scoffers, however Jones reasoned, that they would still carry with
them the twin truths of the Creation Week, of Genesis 1 by their
keeping of the seven-day weekly cycle, and the Seventh-day Sabbath
by naming the seventh day of the week in their language as the day
of Sabbath rest.
William Mead Jones decided to research a
majority of the languages of the world to see if his reasonings were
true. The results of his research was as he suspected and is another
powerful proof, not only that the Seventh day is the true Sabbath of
God, but also that the creation account in Genesis 1 and 2 is
accurate, and that God is our Creator!
Chart of the Week
(Showing the position of the true Sabbath)
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LANGUAGE
(Where Spoken, Read, or
Otherwise Used)
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Name of the
SEVENTH DAY
|
|
Shemitic
Hebrew Bible world-wide
|
Day One |
Day Second |
Day Third |
Day Fourth |
Day Fifth |
Day the Sixth |
Yom hash-shab-bath
Day the
Sabbath
|
Hebrew
(Ancient and Modern)
|
One into the Sabbath |
Second into the Sabbath |
Third into the Sabbath |
Fourth into the Sabbath |
Fifth into the Sabbath |
Eve of Holy Sabbath |
Shab-bath
Sabbath
|
|
Targum of
Onkelos
(Hebrew
Literature)
|
Day One |
Day Second |
Day Third |
Day Fourth |
Day Fifth |
Day the Sixth |
Yom hash-shab-bath
Day the
Sabbath
|
|
Targum
Dialect of the
Jews in Kurdistan
|
Day One of the Seven |
Day 2nd of the Seven |
Day 3rd of the Seven |
Day 4th of the Seven |
Day 5th of the Seven |
Day of Eve
(of Sabbath)
|
yoy-met sha-bat kodesh
Holy Sabbath
Day
|
|
Ancient
Syriac
*Each day proceeds on,
and belongs to the Sabbath
|
One into Sabbath |
Two into Sabbath |
Three into Sabbath |
Four into Sabbath |
Five into Sabbath |
Eve
(of Sabbath)
|
Shab-ba-tho
Sabbath
|
|
Chaldee
Syriac
Kurdistan and Urdmia,
Persia
|
One into Sabbath |
Two into Sabbath |
Three into Sabbath |
Four into Sabbath |
Five into Sabbath |
Eve
(of Sabbath)
|
Shap-ta
Sabbath
|
|
Samaritan
(Old Hebrew Letters)
Nablus, Palestine
|
Day One |
Day Second |
Day Third |
Day Fourth |
Day Fifth |
Day Sixth |
Shab-bath
Sabbath
|
|
Babylonian
Euphrates & Tigris Valleys
Mesopotamia
(Written lang. 3800 B.C.)
|
First |
Second |
Third |
Fourth |
Fifth |
Sixth |
Sa-ba-tu
Sabbath
|
|
Assyrian
Euphrates and Tigris Valleys,
Mesopotamia
|
First |
Second |
Third |
Fourth |
Fifth |
Sixth |
sa-ba-tu
Sabbath
|
|
Arabic
(Very old names)
|
Business Day |
Light Moon |
War Chief |
Turning Day or Midweek |
Familiar or Society Day |
Eve
(of Sabbath)
|
Shi-yar
Chief or Rejoicing
Day
|
|
Arabic
(Ancient and Modern)
Westn. Asia,
E,W
& N. Africa
|
The One |
The Two |
The Three |
The Four |
The Fifth |
Assembly
(day, Muham)
|
as-sabt
The Sabbath
|
|
Maltese,
Malta |
One (day) |
Two (and day) |
The 3 (3rd d.) |
The 4 (4th d.) |
Fifth (day) |
Assembly |
Is-sibt.
The Sabbath
|
|
Ge-ez or Ethiopic
Abyssinia
(Ge-ez signifies "original")
|
One (day) |
Second |
Third |
Fourth |
Fifth |
Eve (of Sabbath) |
san-bat
Sabbath
|
|
Tigre
Abyssinia
(Closely related to Ge-ez)
|
One (First day) |
Second |
Third |
Fourth |
Fifth |
Eve (of Sabbath) |
san-bat
Sabbath
|
|
Amharic,
Abyssinia
(Nearly related to Ge-ez)
|
One |
Second |
Third |
Fourth |
Fifth |
Eve (of Sabbath) |
san-bat
Sabbath
|
|
Falasha
(Language of the
Jews of Abyssinia)
|
One |
Second |
Third |
Fourth |
Fifth |
Sixth |
yini sanbat
The Sabbath
|
|
Coptic
/ Egypt
(A dead lang. for 200 years)
|
The First Day |
The 2nd Day |
The 3rd Day |
The 4th Day |
The 5th Day |
The 6th Day |
pi sabbaton
The Sabbath
|
|
Orma or Galla
South of Abyssinia
(This language has two
sets of names, the first
being the oldest)
|
Lady, Virgin Mary Day.
Great or Festival
Sabbath
|
Second day.
First Trade Day
|
3rd Day to the Sabbath.
Second Trade
Day
|
4th day to the Sabbath.
Fourth
(day)
|
Fifth (day) |
Assembly (day) |
Last day of the half-week
inclusive of
4th day.
Little or Humble or
Solemn Sabbath
(A day
of no ceremonial display and no work)
|
|
Tamashek
or Towarek.
(From ancient Lybian or Numidian).
Atlas
Mountains, Africa.
|
First day |
Second day |
Third day |
Fourth day |
Fifth day |
Assembly Day |
a-hal es-sabt.
The Sabbath
Day
|
|
Kabyle
or Berber.
(Ancient Numidian)
North Africa
|
Day the One (First) |
Day the Two (2nd) |
Day the Three (3rd) |
Day the Four (4th) |
Day the Fifth |
The Assembly Day |
ghas or wars assebt
The Sabbath
Day
|
|
Hausa
(Central Africa)
|
The One (1st) |
The Two (2nd) |
The Three (3rd) |
The Four (4th) |
The Fifth |
The Assembly |
assebatu
The Sabbath
|
|
Urdu or Hindustani
(Muhammadan and Hindu, India)
(Two names
for the days)
|
One to Sabbath. Sunday |
2nd to Sabbath. Moon-day |
3rd to Sabbath. Mars |
4th to Sabbath. Mercury |
5th to Sabbath. (Eve of Juma) |
Assembly (day) |
sanichar - Saturn
shamba -
Sabbath
|
|
Pashto
or Afghan
Afghanistan
|
One to the Sabbath |
Two to Sabbath |
Three to Sabbath |
Four to Sabbath |
Five to Sabbath |
Assembly (day) |
khali - Unemployed-day,
Shamba -
Sabbath
|
The table above
includes some of the oldest languages known to man. One of these,
the Babylonian language, was in use hundreds of years before the
Hebrew race was founded by Abraham. That language designated the
seventh day of the week as "sa-ba-tu," meaning rest day -- another
indisputable proof that the Bible "Sabbath" was not, and is not,
exclusively Jewish.
Very few realize that the word "Sabbath"
and the concept of resting from work on the seventh day of the week
(Saturday) is common to most of the ancient and modern languages of
the world. This is evidence totally independent of the Scriptures
that confirms the Biblical teaching that God's seventh day Sabbath
predates Judaism. The concept of a Saturday holy day of rest was
understood, accepted, and practiced by virtually every culture from
Babylon through modern times.
In the study of the many
languages of mankind you will find two important
facts:
1. In the majority of the principal
languages the last, or seventh, day of the week is designated as
"Sabbath."
2. There is not even one
language which designates another day as the "day of
rest."
From these facts we may conclude that not only those
people who called the last day of the week "Sabbath," but all other
peoples and races, as far as they recognized any day of the week as
"Sabbath," rested on the seventh day. In fact, it was recorded by
the great historian, Socrates, that in his time the whole
known world, with the exception of Rome and Alexandria, observed the
seventh day of the week. (Socrates,
"Ecclesiastical History," Book 7, chap.19.)
Another
interesting fact is that the words in the original languages that
are used to designate the seventh day of the week as the "Sabbath"
have continued to be very similar while the other words have been so
changed over time that they are unintelligibel to people of other
language groups. This another proof that the Sabbath and the words
used to designate the seventh day of the week as the "Sabbath day"
originated at Creation in complete harmony with the Biblical record
found in Genesis 2:1-3.
Language
List
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Language
Greek
Latin
(Italy)
Spanish (Spain)
Portuguese (Portugal)
Italian
(Italy)
French (France)
High German
(Germany)
Prussian (Prussia)
Russian
(Russia)
Polish
Hebrew
Afaghan
Hindustani
Persian
Arabic
Turkish
Malay
Abyssinian
Lusatian
(Saxony)
Bohemian
Bulgarian (Bulgaria)
New Slovenian
(Illyria, in Austria)
Illyrian (Dalmatia,
Servia)
Wallachian (Roumania or Wallachia)
Roman (Sapin,
Catalonia)
Ecclesiastical Roman (Italy)
D'oc. French
(ancient and modern)
Norman French (10th -11th
Centuries)
Wolof (Senegambia, West Africa)
Congo (West
Equatorial Africa)
Orma (South of Abyssiania)
Kazani -
TARTAR (East Russia)
Osmanlian (Turkey)
Arabic (Very old
names)
Ancient Syriac
Chaldee Syriac
(Kurdistan,Urumia,Persia)
Babylonian Syriac (A Very Old
Language)
Maltese (Malta)
Ethiopic (Abyssinia)
Coptic
(Egypt)
Tamashek (Atlas mountains, Africa)
Kabyle (North
Africa, Ancient Numidan)
Hausa (Central Africa)
Pasto
(Afghanistan)
Pahlivi (ancient Persian)
Persian
(Persia)
Armenian (Armenia)
Kurdish
(Kurdistan)
Miscellaneous
Middle Ages Languages
Georgian (Caucasus)
Suanian
(Caucasus)
Ingoush (Caucasus)
Malayan (Malaya,
Sumatra)
Javanese (Java)
Dayak (Borneo)
Makassar
(s. Celebes & Salayer
islands)
Malagassy (Madagascar)
Swahili (east
equatorial Africa)
Mandingo (west Africa, s. of
Senegal)
Teda (central Africa)
Bornu (central
Africa)
Logone (central Africa)
Bagrimma (central
Africa)
Maba (central Africa)
Permian
(Russian)
Votiak (Russian) |
Word for
Saturday/7thDay
Sabbaton
Sabbatum
Sábado
Sabbado
Sabbato
Samedi
Samstag
Sabatico
Subbota
Sobota
Shabbath
Shamba
Shamba
Shambin
Assabt
Yomessabt
Ari-Sabtu
Sanbat
Sobota
Sobota
Subbota
Sobota
Subota
Sambata
Dissapte
Sabbatum
Dissata
Sabbedi
Alere-Asser
Sabbado or Kiansbula
Zam-ba-da
Subbota
Yome-es-sabt
Shi-yar
Shab-ba-tho
Shaptu
Sa-Ba-tu
Is-sibt
San-bat
Pi
sabbaton
A-hal es-sabt
Ghas
assebt
Assebatu
Shamba
Shambid
Shambah
Shapat
Shamba
Shabati
Sammtyn
Shatt
Hari sabtu
Saptoe or
saptu
Sabtu
Sattu
Alsabotsy
As-sabt
Sibiti
Essebdu
Assebdu
Se-sibde
Sibbedi
Sab
Subota
Subbota
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Meaning
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
day
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
The
Sabbath
Day Sabbath
Day
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Day
Sabbath
Sabbath
Day Sabbath
Sabbath Day
Last Day
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
day of the
Sabbath
Chief or rejoicing
day
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
the
Sabbath
Sabbath
the Sabbath
the Sabbath
the
Sabbath day
the Sabbath
Sabbath
(pleasantest day of the week)
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
day
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
The Sabbath
The
Sabbath
Sabbath
The Sabbath
The Sabbath
The
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
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