Names for Ireland Confirm Israelite Ancestry! (30 October, 2013, Cheshvan 26, 5774)
The Irish gave several names to their island. These appellations are the same as those found in the Bible or in other Jewish sources concerning the locations of the Ten tribes of Israel. Additional evidence confirms the Israelite Ancestry of Irish peoples!
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See Also: The Names of Ireland and the Ten Tribes
Contents:
1. Introduction.
2. A Noble Island at the Edge of the World in the Book of Isaiah.
3. The Stone of Israel and the Irish Stone of Destiny
4. Clouds
5. Hibernia
6. Irlanda
7. Insula Sanctorum or the Island of the Saints.
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1. Introduction.
The remarks below reflect observations that we have made recently. They are based on reading Internet articles including one from Wikipedia. In the past we also read works concerning Ireland and Irish mythology etc. We cannot be considered knowledgeable on the subject. Nevertheless, in our opinion, we have earned the right to compare sources from the Bible and from related Jewish Writings with names that the Irish applied to Ireland. These reflect Israelite ancestry from the Lost Tribes of Israel. In Ancient Times many different peoples dwelt in Ireland. Some of them moved to Scotland and Britain. Others migrated elsewhere. Irishmen who migrated overseas may have been different from those who remained behind.
See:
Irish Exit. Differential Emigration: The Case of Ireland
Red Irish
Amongst the present-day inhabitants of Ireland are those who are against the Jewish People and antagonistic towards the State of Israel.
Some of them would be vigorously negative towards the notion that their ancestors were of Israelite origin.
This may be so.
Perhaps the Israelites of Ireland were different from the present Irish?
We doubt it BUT if so, this is their problem not ours.
The notes below compare names for Ireland in Classical Sources with names concerning the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel.
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2. A Noble Island at the Edge of the World in the Book of Isaiah.
One of the names was Inis Ealga signifying the noble or excellent island.
Another name was Crioch Fuinidh signifying the Final or remote country or more literally the Limit of the World.
The Book of Isaiah links the Ten Tribes with BOTH nd(s) of the world and with the most noble parts of it.
e.g "But thou Israel, my servant Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend...Whom I have taken from the ENDS OF THE EARTH and called thee from the most noble parts hereof" (Isaiah 41:8-9).
The Hebrew word "Atzil" is related to the Nordic "Aedil" meaning noble. So too, in Exodus 24:11 the plural of atzil is translated as nobles, "the nobles of the children of Israel".
See:
Ends of the Earth (updated). Geographical Extremities of the Globe and the Ten Tribes
Best Places. The Ends of the Earth and the Best Places on it (Isaiah 41:8-9) (Revised).
Best Places on Earth and Geographical Extremities
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3. The Stone of Israel and the Irish Stone of Destiny
# The next name was Inis Fail, the Island of Stone, which is the stone of destiny that the Tuatha De Danann (Tribe of Dan) brought with them. #
Inisfail meaning the Island of Destiny, and Inisfalia or Insula Fatalis in Latin. This was the name used by the Tuatha D'Danann and from this 'Fail' became an ancient name for Ireland. In this respect, therefore, Lia Fail, the Stone of Destiny, came to mean 'Stone of Ireland'.
This name Stone of Destiny implies a Divine Purpose attributed to its inhabitants.
The term STONE is linked to the Blessings of Joseph.
Jacob (Isreal) blessed Joseph:
Genesis 49:
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough,
a fruitful bough by a spring;
his branches run over the wall.*
[49:22 Alternate Translation:
Ben Porat [son of fertility] Yoseph; ben porat [son of power], under the Eye; the daughters marched as one towards [for the sake of] the bull
See:
God is the Shepherd of Israel. The Blessings of Jacob to Joseph Re-examined. Genesis 49:22-26 Retranslated
23 The archers fiercely attacked him;
they shot at him and pressed him hard.
24 Yet his bow remained taut,
and his arms* were made agile
by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,
by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.
The expression "Rock of Israel" in Hebrew is more correctly "Stone of Israel". The word translated as stone is "even" as in
# The stone [Hebrew: "even"] that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone # (Psalms 118:22).
# ...by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel # (Genesis 49:24).
The Hebrew original may alternatively be translated as:
#... This is from the hands of the Mighty One [or Great Bull] of Jacob, from there [comes] the Shepherd, the Stone of of Israel #
We see that the concept of a stone potentially would have had an importance in Israelite Tribal imagery.
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4. Clouds
The next name was Isle of Mists.
In account of the Sages the Place of Clouds was one of three major areas to which the Ten Tribes were exiled.
~Rabbi Berachiah and Rabbi Chelbo in the name of Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachman said: To three places was Israel exiled, one to beyond the Sambation River, one to Daphneh of Antiochia, and one to where the Clouds came down and covered them; in the same way that they [i.e. the northern Israelites west of the Jordan River] were exiled to three places, so too were the Tribes [east of the Jordan River] of Reuben, Gad, and half Menasseh, exiled to three places. When they shall return so too will Reuben, Gad, and half Menasseh return with them. How do we know all this?
~` From the verse, "SAY TO THE PRISONERS GO FORTH" (ISAIAH 49;9):
These are those exiled beyond the Sambation River.
"TO THEM THAT ARE IN DARKNESS, SHEW YOURSELVES" (ISAIAH 49;9):
These are those whom the cloud descended upon and covered.
"THEY SHALL FEED IN THE WAYS, AND IN ALL HIGH PLACES THEIR PASTURES" (ISAIAH 49;9):
These are those who were exiled to Daphne of Antiochea.~'
Daphne of Antiochea was in Northern Syria. it was also known as Hamath. According to the Chronicles of Eri Hamath was the area whence the Assyrians directed the Phoenicians to transport the Hebrew-Gail to Spain. In Spain they were used as slaves. They rebelled and moved tot he northwest. After that they moved to Ireland.
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5. Hibernia
Hibernia is from roof Hiber meaning Hebrew.
The Ancient Irish as well as many of the so-called Celtic inhabitants of Western Europe referred to themselves as Hiberi or Iberi meaning Hebrews.
See:
Hebrews or Yew Trees??What Did the Celts Call Themselves?
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6. Irlanda
after that Irlanda. This means the land of Ir, who was the son of Mile, and he was the first man of that clan to be buried on the island.
Ir is a name of one of the sons of Judah.
There is also the Hebrew name of Yair. Yair was the ancestor of an important group related to both Manasseh and Judah. They were known in Ancient Middle East writings as the IARI.
The Iari were also found in Ireland and Scotland. Some version of the names for Ireland may reflect the word root for the Iari.
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7. Insula Sanctorum or the Island of the Saints.
Isle of the Saints or Isle of the Blessed was a concept known in Late Classical Thought.
It usually applied to Ireland though in some contexts could also apply to Britain.
Jews in the Land of Israel in Roman Times as well as Jews in Arab Lands at a later date had the notion that the Lost Ten Tribes and peoples, such as the Rechabites and Children of Moses, were to be found in the Islands of the Blessed.
See:
Did the Jews Know Where the Ten Tribes Are?
Jewish Traditions and Locating the Ten Tribes of Israel in the West.
YouTube Video Clip. Jewish Knowledge of the Ten Tribes.avi
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See Also:
Ireland in Biblical Codes