From: Yair Davidi (britam@netvision.net.il)
To: heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
Subject: Welsh-Hebrew Origins

>
>From: "Chris Newnham" <newnhams@pnc.com.au>
>Subject: Re: BRIT-AM magazine
>This is excellent stuff.
>
>
>Do you at Britam have any information on connections between the Hebrew a=
nd
>Welsh languages?
>
>Regards
>
>Chris
>

YAIR DAVIDI REPLIES:

Extracts from Chapter Seventeen of "Lost Israelite Identity" which is
presently out of print:

Chapter Seventeen

Insular British Celtic tongues, especially colloquial Welsh, say=
s
W.H.Worrell3, show certain peculiarities which are reminiscent of Hamitic
and Semitic tongues and are unparalleled in Aryan languages. Similarly,
according to H.Wagner:

"Irish..has as many features in common with non-Indo-European
languages, especially with Hamito-Semitic languages, as with other
Indo-European languages"4.

"Insular Celtic languages.. the grammatical categories having
many affinities with non-Indo-European languages, in particular Basque and=

Berber"5.

"The comparative typology of insular Celtic initiated by Morris
Jones and further developed by Pokorny, G.B.Adams, and myself has revealed=

that most of the many peculiar features of insular Celtic rarely traceable=

in other Indo-European languages have analogies in Basque, Berber,
Egyptian, Semitic, and even in Negro languages"6.

"Certain features [(of marginal influence only)] of Old Irish ver=
b
forms can be understood only in the light of Hittite, Vedic, Sanskrit, and=

Mycenean Greek"7.

J.Morris Jones said that,

"The pre-Aryan idioms which still live in Welsh and Irish were
derived from a language allied to Egyptian tongues"8.

The above linguistic remarks show that Insular Celtic (i.e. of
Britain and Ireland as distinct from the Continental forms which were
somewhat different) is consistent with the claims proposed herein: i.e. Th=
e
original tongue of the Insular Celts was Semitic (Hebrew) which marginally=

was influenced by Mycenean Greek, Hittite, Indo-European (Sanskrit),
Syrian, Mitanni, and what not. Heavy Hamitic influences may be attributabl=
e
to those of some of the neighboring peoples, such as the Canaanites, and
Egyptians, and to having sojourned in a North African environment. In
addition, the natives of Spain amongst whom the Insular Celts or a good
portion of them once dwelt, traded with, and fought against, were also at
least in part of North African Berber related Hamitic origin. This
explanation may sound involved and complicated but it accords with the
evidence when archaeological, anthropological, mythological, and linguisti=
c
findings are compared with each other. At all events the natives of Irelan=
d
and Wales must have used a Hamitic /Semitic tongue(s) before they came int=
o
contact with Continental Indo-European ones.

HEBREW IN WELSH???

It was seen above that Irish and colloquial Welsh definitely have=

some type of underlying linguistic base that must only derive from Middle
Eastern (Semitic) and/or North African Hamitic sources. This conclusion wa=
s
derived from the quoted opinions of linguistic scientists still active i=
n
their field today.

It so happens that in the past there were others who held similar=

opinions but went further than their present-day continuers care to. They=

expressly related Celtic tongues to Hebrew!!!

A writer who signed his name "Glas" submitted a list of Welsh
words with Hebrew origins in 1832. The writer remarked that,
"But the best proof of the Eastern descent of the ancient British is the
close resemblance and connection existing between the Welsh and Hebrew
languages, even at this day. As a proof of this we have extracted the
following vocabulary of words in both tongues, so closely resembling each
other in sound and sense as to leave no doubt whatever on the subject.
Many of these words, it will be found, have been transmitted from the
Welsh, through the Anglo-Saxon into our modern English. It would be easy t=
o
swell their number..

Some of the examples adduced by the above writer were:

Aeth: He went, he is gone; hence =3D Athah
Aml: Plentiful, ample =3D Hamale ((=E4=EE=EC=E0
Ydom: the earth =3D Adamah
Awye: air, sky =3D auor, or
bu: it came to pass =3D bo
boten, or potten : belly =3D beten.
brith: bright =3D barud
cas: hatred =3D caas (anger).
dafnu: to drop, or distill by drops =3D nataph, taph.

In 1675 Charles Edwards ("Hanes y Fydd") published A number of
Welsh Cambro-Brittanic Hebraisms in which he shows that whole phrases in
Welsh can be closely paralleled by whole phrases in Hebrew.

From the list of Charles Edwards, L.G.A. Roberts (1919) made a selectio=
n
and we have selected examples from Roberts after slightly modernising the
Hebrew transliterations: It should be noted that when account is taken fo=
r
likely and known dialectical changes of pronounciation the examples give=
n
in effect show identical Welsh parallel phrases for the Hebrew original.

In Welsh: Gael hedd (Gen.31;47) meaning Geledd i.e. heap of testimony=3D i=
n
Hebrew (=E2=EC=F2a) : Galaed.

In Welsh: Bagad meaning "A troop cometh y" (Gen.30;11) =3D in Hebrew ( :=

(=E1=E2aBagad.

In Welsh : Anudon meaning "Without God" =3D in Hebrew (=E0=E9=EF =E0a=E5=EF=
) : Aen Adon.

In Welsh : Yni all sy dda meaning "I am the Almighty God" (Gen.
17;1) =3D in Hebrew: ((=E0d=E9 =E0=EC =F9a=E9 : Ani El Saddai.

In Welsh : Llai iachu yngwyddd achau ni meaning "Let him not live before
our brethren" (Gen. 31;32) =3D in Hebrew ( =EC=E0 =E9=E7=E9=E4 d=E2a =E0=E7=
=E9d=E5 ) Loa yichei
neged acheinu (Gen.31;32).

In Welsh Ochoren ballodddi hoc-dena meaning "After I am waxed old shall I=

have pleasure?" =3D in Hebrew : (=E0=E7o=E9 =E1=EC=FA=E9 =E4=E9=FA=E4 =EC=E9=
=F2ad=E4 ) Acharei belothi
hedenah (Gen.18;12).

In Welsh Bebroch fra am beneu ach ef, dyfet Deborah mam ianceth Ribecah
meaning "When he fled from the face of his brother . But Deborah Rebecca's=

nurse died" (Gen. 35;7-8) =3D in Hebrew : (=E1=E1o=E7=E5 =EE=F4d=E9 =E0=E7=
=E9=E5 =E5=FA=EE=FA a=E1o=E4 =EE=E9d=F7=FA
o=E1=F7=E4) Beborcho mpnei achiv vetamath Deborah mayneceth Ribecah.

In Welsh: Yngan Job yscoli yscoli cynghaws i (Job 6;1,2) meaning "Job
answered, O that my grief were thoroughly weighed" =3D in Hebrew: (=E5=E9=F2=
=EF
=E0=E9=E5=E1...=F9=F7=E5=EC =E9=F9=F7=EC =EB=F2=F9=E9) Veya(g)n Eyub ....s=
hocol yishocal ca(g)si

In Welsh: Amelhau bytheu chwi a bythau holl ufyddau chwi meaning "And the=
y
shall fill your house and the houses of all your servants" (Gen. 10;6) =3D=
in
Hebrew (=E5=EE=EC=E0=E5 =E1=FA=E9=EA =E5=E1=FA=E9 =EB=EC =F2=E1a=E9=EA) : =
Umalu bathechoh and bathei col
avedochoh.

In Welsh Iachadd ni meaning "Thou hast healed me" =3D in Hebrew ( (=E4=E7=E9=
=FAd=E9 :
hechiyatni.

In Welsh Nesa awyr peneu chwi meaning "Lif thou up the light of thy
countenance" =3D in Hebrew (d=F1=E4 =E0=E5o =F4d=E9=EA) : nasa aor panec=
hoh.(Psalms 4;6.).

In Welsh An annos meaning "None did compel" =3D in Hebrew ((=E0=E9=EF =E0=
d=F1 : ain
ones. (Esther 1;8).

In Welsh As chwimwth meaning "an angry man" =3D in Hebrew (=E0=E9=F9 =E7=
=EE=F1)
: ish chamas (Psalms 140;12 Proverbs 16;29 meaning a wickedly-violent
man).

In Welsh Be heulo, luerferfo (Job 6;4) meaning "When his candle shined
..... and by his light.." =3D in Hebrew (=E1=E4=E9=EC=E5 ..=EC=E0=E5o=E5) =
: behilo, leoroe.

In Welsh Bwgythieu in gwarchaeni (Job 6;4) meaning "The terrors of God se=
t
themselves in array against me =3D in Hebrew (=E1=F2=E5=FA=E9 =E0=EC=E5=E4=
=E9=F2o=EB=E5d=E9) : Biu(g)thi
elohai ya-a(g)rchuni.

In Welsh I far meaning "Shall be cursed" =3D Hebrew (=E9=E5=E0o) : Yu-ar,=
yuv-ar.
(Numbers 22;6).

In Welsh Am geryddo fo meaning "At his reproof" =3D in Hebrew (=F2=ED =E2=F2=
o=FA=E5) : im
ge-arato.

Godfrey Hughes "The Celtic Druids" (1829) quotes from a certain Welsh
Translation of the Bible in which similar examples as the above are
apparent:

In Welsh By-lllwng Adon-ydb holl neuodh Jago meaning "The Lord has
swallowed up all the tabernacles of Jacob" (Lamentations 2;2) =3D Hebrew
(=E1=EC=F2 =E0ad=E9......=E0=FA =EB=EC d=E0=E5=FA =E9=F2=F7=E1) : Balla(ng=
) Adoni eth col neoth Yacob.

In Welsh Dyrac buth-hi ai-i-sengyd meaning "The avenue of her dwelling he=

would go to tread" (Proverbs 7;8) =3D Hebrew (ao=EA =E1=E9=FA=E4 =E9=F6=F2=
a) : Derech
baithah yitsa(ng)d.

In Welsh Py yw-o sy maeloc y-cavad I-a-ywoo savwyod yw-o maeloc y-cavad,
Selah meaning "Who is the king of glory [attainment]? The LORD of hosts ,
he is the king of glory. Selah" (Psalms 24;10) =3D Hebrew (=EE=E9 =E4=E5=
=E0 =E6=E4 =EE=EC=EA
=E4=EB=E1=E5a =E4~ =F6=E1=E0=E5=FA =E4=E5=E0 =EE=EC=EA =E4=EB=E1=E5a =F1=EC=
=E4) Mi hu zeh melec hacavod Y....Tsavaoth
hu melec hacavod selah.

The affinity between Hebrew and Welsh was mentioned by a certain Dr.
Davies (amongst others) and in the preface to his Welsh Grammar there wa=
s
a poem to the effect that:

"He gladly deigns his countrymen to teach,
By well-weigh'd rules, the rudiments of speech ;
That when the roots first of our own we gain,
The Hebrew tongue we thence may soon attain.

The Rev. Eliezer Williams (b.1754) wrote several works on the Celts and
made several remarks (quoted by Roberts p.23):

"In the Hebrew...which the ancient British language greatly resembles...
"The roots of most of the ancient British, or real Welsh, words may be
regularly traced in the Hebrew..
"Scarcely a Hebrew root can be discovered that has not its corresponding
derivative in the ancient British language...But not only..the
words...their variations and inflections afford a much stronger proof of
affinity...The plural number of nouns likewise is often formed in a
similar manner in the Celtic by adding in (a contraction
of =E9=ED: i.e.-IM which is the suffix used in Hebrew to form the mascu=
line
plural)...in the formation of sentences, and in the government of
words...the same syntax might serve for both.....

Davies in "Mythology of the Ancient Druids" (p.94) asserts that
"Taleisin, the chief Bard, declares that his lore had been detailed in
Hebraic..."

It follows from all the above that though the language of the
British Celts may have superficially conformed to an Indo-European type it=

had enough Semitic and Hebraic features to confirm the notion that Hebrew
had been their original tongue. This explanation fits best all of the fact=
s
in our possession taken from all disciplines concerned with the subject.
.
Reference Notes To Chapter Seventeen.

1. Kashani p.29.
2. Markus.
3. Worrell p.50.
4. Wagner p.206.
5. Wagner p.230.
6. Wagner p.208.
7. Wagner p.207.
8. Rolleston p.78.
9. Mazar.

NOTE FROM EDDIE:

Given the fact that I wrote a book entitled, "Restoring the Two
Houses of Israel" and I have a strong passion to see the restoration
and reunification of both houses of Israel (Ezekiel 37:15-28) and
based upon this research done by Yair Davidi (an
Orthodox Jew), I find it very interesting that my grandfather (my
mother's father) was named:

William Moses Isaacs and was born in Wales.

He was the youngest of nine children and the oldest son was named
Aaron, the next son was named Solomon and the first daughter was
named Ruth.

END OF NOTE

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* The Hebrew Bible is the message of God.

* Out of the original 12 Tribes of Israel Ten were lost. Two
remained. The present-day Jews are descended mainly from the two
remaining Tribes of Judah and Benjamin.

* The Khazars were a Kingdom in southern Russia many of whose
leaders converted to Judaism. The Khazars were descended from the
Lost Ten Tribes. The Khazars were blood-relatives of the Picts who
went to Scotland, and of the Anglo-Saxons, and of peoples in
Scandinavia.

* In addition to the Khazars, many other converts to Judaism
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of the Lost Ten Tribes.

* Most of the Lost Ten Tribes migrated to Northwest and Western
Europe and their descendants are now in those areas or in North
America, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.

* We do not claim that all residents of the said nations are
descended from Israel. We do however affirm that most descendants of
the Lost Ten Tribes are residents of those nations. On the whole
they are unaware of their Israelite Identity. Even so in the course
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influenced national developments and national characteristics.

* The Tribe of Joseph was divided into two other Tribes: Ephraim
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#1) Replacement theology
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#1) The Restoration of BOTH houses of Israel in the future (the
Messianic redemption or the Ingathering of the Exiles) (Ezekiel
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Recently, I ordered from Brit-Am and read the first three issues of
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It is VITAL in these days in which we live to understand that the
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fundamental and foundational belief of Orthodox Judaism. It is one of
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