What does the word Tara mean in connection to religion?
The name Tara is Irish and refers to the Sacred Hill of Tara in Ireland where the stone said to be Jacob’s pillar stone from Bethel was brought via Egypt and Spain to Ireland ca 700 BCE and placed there. The word tara (SHD 8652) as a doorkeeper is also derived from this sense. The Kings were crowned on it from that time. The stone was held to have been removed there and taken to Scone in Scotland by Fergus when he established the Scottish monarchy. The dates given are fictitious. It was taken to Westminster Abbey by Edward I in 1297. All the kings and Queens of England have been crowned on it since that time. It is held to mark the true Kings of Israel. Recently it was returned to Scotland. Tara is the name of the ancient seat of the kings of Ireland. It comes from the Chaldean meaning a door and hence a palace: hence gate or mouth. Thus it is the site of the kings. Both words are used in these senses in the Bible Tara also refers to an eastern system of the goddess Tara, which is cove
