Lexical Definition

‎תַּרְשִׁישׁ‎ Tarshîysh (tar-sheesh') Tarshish ^N:N-M-P
probably the same as ‎תַּרְשִׁישׁ‎ (as the region of the stone, or the reverse)

Tarshish, Tharshish.

• § Tarshish or Tharshish = "yellow jasper"
• Tarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port)
• also the name of a Persian and of an Israelite

n pr m
1) son of Javan
2) a Benjamite, son of Bilhan
3) one of the wise men close to king Ahasuerus of Persia
n pr loc
4) a city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee
1a) site unknown but perhaps in Cyprus or Spain
5) a city somewhere near and accessible to the Red Sea to which ships constructed at Ezion-geber on the Elanitic Gulf on the Red Sea were to sail

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II. ‎תַּרְשִׁרשׁ‎ proper name

1. location a distant port, site not certainly known (Wkl^{Altor. Forsch.} see 445); most Tartessues in Spain Thes (after older authorities) Ges^{Isa i. 719} Mey^{Geschichte. d. Alt. i, § 281}; other views are: Tyrseni (Etruscans) in Italy, WMM^{Hast. DB TARSHISH}, Phoenicia Renouf^{PSBA xvi. 134 ff.}, Sardinia Hal^{REJ xiii. 14}; see also Ency. Bib.^TARSHISH; — Tarshish, ᵐ5 usually Θαρς(ε)ις (Isa 23:1; Isa 23:14 Καρχήδων = Carthage); — especially in phrase ‎׳‎‎אֳנִיּוֺת ת‎ Tarshish-ships (large, sea-going vessels, fit to ply to Tarshish) Isa 2:16 (ᵐ5 πλοῖον θαλάσσης), Isa 23:1; Isa 23:14; Isa 60:9; Ezek 27:25; 1Kgs 22:49*, || 2Chr 20:36; 2Chr 20:37 (where the ships go to ‎׳‎‎ת‎); ‎׳‎‎אֳנִי ת‎ 1 k 2Chr 10:22 (twice in verse) || 2Chr 9:21 (‎אֳנִיּוֺת‎), + v2Chr 9:21 (ships go to ‎׳‎‎ת‎); ‎׳‎‎ת‎ alone Isa 23:6; Jonah 1:3 (twice in verse); Jonah 4:2 (all with ‎ה‎ locative), Gen 10:4 || 1Chr 1:7 (erroneous ‎ה‎ locative), Isa 66:19; Ps 72:10; Jonah 1:3 ‎׳‎‎בַּתתֿ‎ Isa 23:10 trading-port Ezek 27:12; Ezek 38:13, whence comes silver Jer 10:9.

2. masculine a. in Benjamin 1Chr 7:10.
b. Persian noble Esth 1:14 explained By Scheft^{53 as} Old Iranian tršus, 'der Gierige.'

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