2 Chronicles 20:36:62 Chr.20.36.W6TAB
תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ
tarshish
“Tarshish”
- Transliteration
- tar-SHISH
- Extended
- tahr-SHIHSH
- IPA
- /tarˈʃiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Tarshish
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tar-SHISH
- phraseyour reading level
la-LE-khet tar-SHISH
- clause
va-ye-kha-ber-RE-hu i-MO la-a-SOT o-ni-YOT la-LE-khet tar-SHISH
- sentence
va-ye-kha-ber-RE-hu i-MO la-a-SOT o-ni-YOT la-LE-khet tar-SHISH va-ya-a-SU o-ni-YOT be-ETS-yon GA-ver
Exegesis
The proper noun tarshish {תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ | ṭar-šiš} serves as the destination, while the phrase be’etsyon gaver {בְּעֶצְי֥וֹן גָּֽבֶר | bĕ-‘eṣ-yōn gā-vēr} “at Ezion Gaver” specifies the coastal site.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:36
And he joined himself with him to build ships for going to Tarshish, and they built the ships at Ezion-geber .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:36:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 20:36, so the Hebrew word תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ (tarshish) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Chr.20.36.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.36.W6.S1) and character.