תַּרְשִׁישׁ

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 (Es 23,1; Es 23,14 Καρχήδων = Carthage); — especially in phrase ׳אֳנִיּוֺת ת Tarshish-ships (large, sea-going vessels, fit to ply to Tarshish) Es 2,16 (ᵐ5 πλοῖον θαλάσσης), Es 23,1; Es 23,14; Es 60,9; Ezk 27,25; 1 Kong 22,49, || 2 Kron 20,36; 2 Kron 20,37 (where the ships go to ׳ת); ׳אֳנִי ת 1 k 2 Kron 10,22 (twice in verse) || 2 Kron 9,21 (אֳנִיּוֺת), + v2 Kron 9,21 (ships go to ׳ת); ׳ת alone Es 23,6; Jon 1,3 (twice in verse); Jon 4,2 (all with ה locative), 1 Mos 10,4 || 1 Kron 1,7 (erroneous ה locative), Es 66,19; Sl 72,10; Jon 1,3 ׳בַּתתֿ Es 23,10 trading-port Ezk 27,12; Ezk 38,13, whence comes silver Jer 10,9.

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