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title: תַּרְשִׁישׁ — yellow jasper · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּרְשִׁישׁ (8658), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: yellow jasper. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּרְשִׁישׁ

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«תַּרְשִׁישׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **yellow jasper** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 8658 · **BDB:** תַּרְשִׁישׁ

### Glosses

chrysolite (3); of.chrysolite (2); \[was\].a.chrysolite (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

yellow jasper [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8658/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8658/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. a precious stone, perhaps yellow jasper, or other gold-coloured stone (𝔊 Ex 28:20; 39:13 χρυσόλιθος, so JosAnt. iii, 7, 5 \[168\], v. PetrieHast. DB Stones, Precious MyresEncy. Bib. Id. § 17 Dr Dn 10:6);—כְּעֵין ת׳ Ez 1:16; כְּעֵין אֶבֶן ת׳ 10:9; in list of gems 28:13; Ex 28:20; 39:13; in sim. of resplendent body Dn 10:6, cf.Ct 5:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּרְשִׁישׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8658/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 5:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.14/)

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יָדָיו֙ גְּלִילֵ֣י זָהָ֔ב מְמֻלָּאִ֖ים בַּתַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ מֵעָיו֙ עֶ֣שֶׁת שֵׁ֔ן מְעֻלֶּ֖פֶת סַפִּירִֽים׃

*Word for word:* hands his \[are\].rods of.gold filled with (the) chrysolite parts his.lower \[are\].a.plate of.ivory covered sapphires

*JPS 1917:* His hands are as rods of gold set with beryl; his body is as polished ivory overlaid with sapphires.

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[Exodus 39:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.13/)

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וְהַטּוּר֙ הָֽרְבִיעִ֔י תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ שֹׁ֖הַם וְיָשְׁפֵ֑ה מֽוּסַבֹּ֛ת מִשְׁבְּצ֥וֹת זָהָ֖ב בְּמִלֻּאֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and the row (the) fourth \[was\].a.chrysolite an.onyx and a.jasper \[they.were\].surrounded filigree.settings of.gold in settings their

*JPS 1917:* And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper; they were inclosed in fittings of gold in their settings.

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