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
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תַּרְשִׁישׁ (tarĕšiyš) is a Hebrew word meaning "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".
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תַּרְשִׁישׁ (tarĕšiyš) is a Hebrew word meaning "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".
The BSB source-word alignment has 28 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include of Tarshish (14), Tarshish (5), to Tarshish (4), for Tarshish (2), from Tarshish (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 10:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (7), 2 Chronicles (4), Jonah (4), 1 Kings (3).
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Hebrew word. 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
Tarshish, Tharshish.
תַּרְשִׁישׁ is built from this root:
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