Exodus 39:13:3Exod.39.13.W3TAB

תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ

tarshish

beryl

Transliteration
tar-SHISH
Extended
tahr-SHEESH
IPA
/tarˈʃiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
beryl

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
תַּרְ + שִׁ֥ישׁ
tar + shish
tarshish

Alphabet Analysis

Tavt as in top
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    tar-SHISH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    tar-SHISH SHO-ham

  3. clause

    ve-ha-TUR ha-re-vi-I tar-SHISH SHO-ham ve-yash-FEH

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-TUR ha-re-vi-I tar-SHISH SHO-ham ve-yash-FEH moo-sa-BOT mish-be-TSOT za-HAV be-mil-lu-o-TAM

Exegesis

It is followed by the coordinate nouns tarshish, shoham, veyaspeh {תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ שֹׁ֖הַם וְיָשְׁפֵ֑ה | tar·šîš šō·ham wə·yāš·pēh} ‘beryl, onyx, and jasper’.

Root and etymology

ת־ר־ש

beryl

In contextExodus 39:13

And the fourth row was beryl, onyx, and jasper. They were set in gold settings in their inlaid places.

About this coordinate

Exodus 39:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 39:13, so the Hebrew word תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ (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 Exod.39.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.13.W3.S1) and character.