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How to Pronounce Tarshish

TAHR-shihsh

Tarshish is pronounced TAHR-shihsh (ˈtɑːrʃɪʃ): two syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: TAR-shish, TAHR-shish.

What does Tarshish mean?

Tarshish means “contemplation; examination”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Where was Tarshish?

Tarshish was a distant coastal land, listed among the sons of Javan in the table of nations (Genesis 10:4), famed as a far-off trading port reached by seagoing ships that brought back silver, iron, gold, and other riches (2 Chronicles 9:21, Ezekiel 27:12). It was toward Tarshish that Jonah fled by ship to escape the presence of the LORD (Jonah 1:3).

Also pronounced

TAR-shish
TAHR-shish

Found in Scripture

Genesis 10:41 Chronicles 1:72 Chronicles 9:212 Chronicles 20:362 Chronicles 20:37Esther 1:14Psalms 48:7Psalms 72:10Isaiah 2:16Isaiah 23:1Isaiah 23:6Isaiah 23:10Isaiah 23:14Isaiah 60:9Isaiah 66:19Jeremiah 10:9Ezekiel 27:12Ezekiel 27:25Ezekiel 38:13Jonah 1:3Jonah 4:2

Other names from Genesis

Tamar · TAY-merTebah · TEE-buhTema · TAY-mahTeman · TAY-mahnTemani · TEE-muh-nyeTerah · TEE-ruhToken · TOH-kenTola · TOH-lahTubal · TYOO-b`lTubal-Cain · TOO-ball-CAIN

In other languages

Társis in Portuguese

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