◄ 8659. Tarshish ►
Brown-Driver-Briggs II. תַּרְשִׁרשׁ proper name 1. location a distant port, site not certainly known (WklAltor. Forsch. see 445); most Tartessues in Spain Thes (after older authorities) GesIsa i. 719 MeyGeschichte. d. Alt. i, § 281; other views are: Tyrseni (Etruscans) in Italy, WMMHast. DB TARSHISH, Phoenicia RenoufPSBA xvi. 134 ff., Sardinia HalREJ xiii. 14; see also Ency. Bib.TARSHISH; — Tarshish, ᵐ5 usually Θαρς(ε)ις (Isaiah 23:1,14 Καρχήδων = Carthage); — especially in phrase ׳אֳנִיּוֺת ת Tarshish-ships (large, sea-going vessels, fit to ply to Tarshish) Isaiah 2:16 (ᵐ5 πλοῖον θαλάσσης), Isaiah 23:1,14; Isaiah 60:9; Ezekiel 27:25; 1 Kings 22:49, "" 2Chronicles 20:36,37 (where the ships go to ׳ת); ׳אֳנִי ת1k 2 Chron 10:22 (twice in verse) "" 2Chronicles 9:21 (אֳנִיּוֺת), + 2 Chronicles 9:21; (ships go to ׳ת); ׳ת alone Isaiah 23:6; Jonah 1:3 (twice in verse); Jonah 4:2 (all with ה locative), Genesis 10:4 "" 1 Chronicles 1:7 (erroneous ה locative), Isaiah 66:19; Psalm 72:10; Jonah 1:3; ׳בַּתתֿ Isaiah 23:10; trading-port Ezekiel 27:12; Ezekiel 38:13, whence comes silver Jeremiah 10:9. 2. masculine a. in Benjamin 1 Chronicles 7:10. b. Persian noble Esther 1:14; explained By Scheft53as Old Iranian tršus, 'der Gierige.' Forms and Transliterations וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישָׁה וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישׁ וְתַרְשִׁ֖ישׁ ותרשיש ותרשישה מִתַּרְשִׁ֣ישׁ מתרשיש תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃ תַּרְשִׁ֑ישָׁה תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ תַּרְשִׁ֔ישָׁה תַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁ תַּרְשִׁ֕ישׁ תַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁ תַּרְשִׁ֜ישׁ תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ תַּרְשִׁ֨ישׁ תַּרְשִׁישׁ֙ תַרְשִׁ֔ישׁ תַרְשִׁ֗ישׁ תַרְשִׁ֣ישׁ תַרְשִׁ֤ישׁ תרשיש תרשיש׃ תרשישה mit·tar·šîš mittarShish mittaršîš tar·šî·šāh tar·šîš ṯar·šîš tarShish tarShishah taršîš ṯaršîš taršîšāh vetarShish vetarShishah wə·ṯar·šî·šāh wə·ṯar·šîš wəṯaršîš wəṯaršîšāh Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts