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The Targum of
Pseudo-Jonathan
(between 2th cent BC and 4th AD)
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Taken from: Slaves and slavery in Muslim Africa Vol1
In here the name of Zangay occurs apparently as the name of a Kushitic group.
Gen 10:7 And the sons of Kush, Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteka, and the name of their provinces, Sinirai, and Hindiki, and Semadi, and Lubai, and Zingai. And the sons of Mauritinos, Zmargad and Mezag.
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Taken from: It Is Permitted to Marry a Kushite; David M. Goldenberg
The Codex itself has many marginal glosses containing corrections and different interpretations, perhaps drawn from Targum Pseudo-Jonathan. In the margin to Gen. 10:7 Zanj is also used.
Berakhot (Benedictions) part of Talmud of Jerusalem 400AD
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Taken from: The curse of Ham: race and slavery in early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam by David M. Goldenberg
The story of Rav, Samuel and Benjamin Ginzakhyah (yBer 2.6, 5b)
David Rosenthal would reconstruct: Benjamin zng’y for Benjamin gnzkyyh