Tarshish
Transliteration:
tar.shish
Morphhology:
Proper Name Noun Male Person
Definition:
A man of the Greeks living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.4; son of: Javan (
h3120); brother of: Elishah (
h473), Kittim (
h3794) and Dodanim (
h1721) § Tarshish or Tharshish = "yellow jasper" son of Javan
Transliteration:
Tarshîysh
Pronounciation:
tar-sheesh'
Definition:
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.; probably the same as
h8658 (תַּרְשִׁישׁ) (as the region of the stone, or the reverse)