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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


'''T<small>ARSHISH</small>''' is the name of an ancient city mentioned in the [[ISAIAH|I<small>SAIAH</small>]] section of the Book of Mormon but not as a separate [[Personal Name|PN]] or [[Geographical Name|GN]] in the Book of Mormon. A [[Geographical Name|GN]] for Tartessus in Spain<ref>[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS]] 1979 "Bible Dictionary," 780.</ref> or [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''taršîš'', possibly referring to a "refinery" and the ships that carried the refined products.<ref>David Baker, "Tarshish," in Freedman, ed., ''Anchor Bible Dictionary'', VI:332.</ref>
'''T<small>ARSHISH</small>''' is the name of an ancient city mentioned in the [[ISAIAH|I<small>SAIAH</small>]] section of the Book of Mormon but not as a separate [[Personal Name|PN]] or [[Geographical Name|GN]] in the Book of Mormon. A [[Geographical Name|GN]] for Tartessus in Spain<ref>[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS]] 1979 "Bible Dictionary," 780.</ref> or [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''taršîš'', possibly referring to a "refinery" and the ships that carried the refined products.<ref>David Baker, "Tarshish," in Freedman, ed., [[David Freedman, ed. Anchor Bible Dictionary. 6 vols. N.Y.: Doubleday, 1992.|''Anchor Bible Dictionary'']], VI:332.</ref>


'''Variants'''
'''Variants'''

Revision as of 16:26, 12 January 2015

Biblical GN 1. An ancient city (2 Nephi 12:16 = Isaiah 2:16)

Etymology

TARSHISH is the name of an ancient city mentioned in the ISAIAH section of the Book of Mormon but not as a separate PN or GN in the Book of Mormon. A GN for Tartessus in Spain[1] or HEBREW taršîš, possibly referring to a "refinery" and the ships that carried the refined products.[2]

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐓𐐂𐐡𐐟𐐆𐐟 (tɑːrʃɪʃ)

Notes


  1. LDS 1979 "Bible Dictionary," 780.
  2. David Baker, "Tarshish," in Freedman, ed., Anchor Bible Dictionary, VI:332.