Hebrew English Origins
There are several sources that provide additional examples of similarities between "Germanic" tongues and Hebrew in vocabulary. The one that most impressed us was "The Origin of Modern Culture Languages and their Derivation from the Hebraica," by Professor Karl Rodosi, 1891.
This work also adequately proves that the so-called Germanic tongues must have been formed by peoples who originally spoke Hebrew. The implications of these studies regarding ancestry are applicable to West Europeans but donot encompass most of the modern Germans. The case is similar to that of the present inhabitants of the USA who now nearly all speak English though only a portion of their ancestors came from Britain.
A few examples culled at random from Rodosi include: English "BEAR": bore or bare-borne: from Hebrew "over" pass over. The "v" and "b" are interchangeable in Hebrew.
English "BEAT" from Hebrew "BAT" trample, kick.
English "BECOME" from Hebrew "KOM" come into appearance, arise.
English "BLOW" from Hebrew "BLOW" swallow.
English "BURN" from Hebrew "BAER".
English "BURST" from Hebrew "PRATS"
English "BUY" from Hebrew "BUY" request.
English "CHOSE" from Hebrew "CHIZEH" search out, chose (Exodus 18;21).
English "CLOTHE" from Hebrew "CHELATZ".
English "DARE" from Hebrew ADIR might.
English "DIG" From Hebrew "DACHA" ditch.
English "DO" from Hebrew "ADAH" cause.
English "DRIVE" from Hebrew "DARBEN" (????) urge forward, drive on.
English "EAT" from Hebrew "CHIUT" give life to.
English "FEEL" from Hebrew "FEIL" effect.
English "HEAR" from Hebrew "HEIR" arouse, awaken.
English "LIGHT" from Hebrew "LAHAT" flame, illuminate.
English "MAKE" from Hebrew MAKIN prepare.
English "MEAN" from Hebrew "MANAH" answer.
English "RIDE" from Hebrew "Rideh" rule, subjugate.
English "SET" from Hebrew "SIT" to place.
English "SHALL" from Hebrew "SHAL" request, require.
English "TEACH" from Hebrew TOKEACH admonish.
English "WILL" from Hebrew WEYAL will.
etc, etc.
See Also:
The Hebrew Element in Germanic Langauges by Terry Blodgett
Terry Blodgett: Hebrew and English. "Tracing the Dispersion," ca. 1994