Meaning of Tarshish | Babel Free

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The biblical name for Andalusia, from which was imported vast quantities of important metals to Phoenicia and Israel. Identical with Ancient Greek Ταρτησσός (Tartēssós, “Tartessos”).

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

““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.”

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