Tarshish
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew תַּרְשִׁישׁ.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tarshish
- A place mentioned in the Bible, said to have exported vast quantities of important metals to Phoenicia and Israel, thought to have been on the Mediterranean
- 1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Jonah 1:1–3:
- Now the word of the Lord came vnto Ionah the sonne of Amittai, saying,
Arise, goe to Nineueh that great citie, and cry against it: for their wickednes is come vp before me.
But Ionah rose vp to flee vnto Tarshish, from the presence of the Lord, and went downe to Ioppa, and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he payed the fare thereof, and went downe into it, to goe with them vnto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.
- 1708, Edward Wells, An Historical Geography of the Old and New Testament: In Two Volumes, volume I, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1809, →OCLC, page 75:
- There remain now only the colonies of Tarſhiſh to be ſpoken of. And whereſoever elſe they ſeated themſelves, it is highly probable, that Tarteſſus, a city and adjoining country in Spain, and much celebrated by the ancients for its wealth, was a colony of Tarſhiſh. For the name Tarſhiſh is, by an eaſy and frequent change, turned into Tartiſh ; from whence Tarteſſus is regularly enough framed.
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 9, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
- “And now the time of tide has come; the ship casts off her cables; and from the deserted wharf the uncheered ship for Tarshish, all careening, glides to sea.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Tarshish.
Translations
ancient location
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Further reading
- “Tarshish”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Tarshish”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Tarshish”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Tarshish” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.