Word

תַּרְשִׁישׁ

tarshîysh · H8658 · Hebrew · 7 occurrences

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Meanings

beryl

(Semi-)Precious stone, possibly kind of beryl, which is colorless in its pure form

Examples
Exodus 28:20 and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper; they shall be set in gold filigree.
Exodus 39:13 and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were set in gold filigree settings when they were mounted.
Song of Solomon 5:14 “His hands are rods of gold Set with topaz; His abdomen is panels of ivory Covered with sapphires.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

3 occurrences in 2 groups

טוּרrow 2
גְּוִיָּהbody 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

בin/on/with 2
כlike/as 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

עַיִןeye, sight 1
אֶבֶןstone 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

χρυσόλιθος chrysólithos · G5555 · chrysolite: Greek χρυσόλιθος (chrysolite, a yellow/gold-colored precious stone) serves as the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew תַּרְשִׁישׁ (beryl), both denoting valuable colored gemstones used in ornamental and priestly contexts.

Semantic domains 3 entries

Gemstones001003001001009: This noun denotes a precious stone, as in Exodus 28:20's instruction that the fourth row of the priestly breastpiece include a beryl.
Names of Locations003001010: תַּרְשִׁישׁ (tarshîysh, H8658) is a common noun denoting a gemstone, "chrysolite" or "beryl." The quotation "the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper" at Exodus 28:20 shows this sense, which does not independently attest the "Names of Locations" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with תַּרְשִׁישׁ (Tarshîysh, H8659) (the proper name "Tarshish") in the source data and is not confirmed by this lexeme's own occurrences.
Names of People003001007: תַּרְשִׁישׁ (tarshîysh, H8658) is a common noun denoting a gemstone, "chrysolite" or "beryl." The quotation "the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper" at Exodus 28:20 shows this sense, which does not independently attest the "Names of People" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with תַּרְשִׁישׁ (Tarshîysh, H8659) (the proper name "Tarshish") in the source data and is not confirmed by this lexeme's own occurrences.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8658. tarshish I. תַּרְשִׁישׁ noun masculine a precious stone, perhaps yellow jasper, or…

H8658. tarshish
I. תַּרְשִׁישׁ noun masculine a precious stone, perhaps yellow jasper, or other gold-coloured stone (ᵐ5L Exo 28:20; Exo 39:13 χρυσόλιθοχ, so JosAnt. iii. 7, 5 [168], see PetrieHast. DB STONES, PRECIOUS MyresEncy. Bib. ID. § 17 DrDan 10:6); — ת ׳כְּעֵין Eze 1:6; ת אֵבֶן ׳כְּעֵין Eze 10:9; in list of gems Eze 28:13; Exo 28:20; Exo 39:13; in simile of resplendent body Dan 10:6, compare Son 5:14.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Gemstones7 occurrences Names of People0 occurrences Names of Locations0 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0