H8658 H8658
A yellow-green precious stone, probably chrysolite or beryl, featured in priestly vestments and theophanic visions.
This gemstone name designates a lustrous, golden-hued stone set in the fourth row of the high priest's breastplate (Exod 28:20; 39:13) and used to describe the radiance of divine and royal figures. Ezekiel's vision of the living creatures includes wheels 'like the gleam of tarshish-stone' (1:16; 10:9), and Daniel's angelic visitor has a body 'like tarshish' (10:6). In the Song of Songs, the beloved's hands are compared to rods of gold set with tarshish (5:14). The Septuagint translates it as chrysolithos ('gold-stone'), pointing toward a yellow or golden-green gem.
Senses
1. beryl, chrysolite (gemstone) — A precious yellow-green gemstone, most likely chrysolite (golden topaz) or beryl, prized for its luminous golden hue. It appears in the priestly breastplate (Exod 28:20; 39:13), in Ezekiel's throne-chariot vision where the wheels gleam 'like the appearance of tarshish-stone' (1:16; 10:9), in Daniel's theophany (10:6), in the list of Tyre's adornments (Ezek 28:13), and in the Song of Songs' poetic praise of the beloved (5:14). Spanish 'berilo' and French 'béryl' reflect the beryl identification, while 'topaze' in French captures the golden color. The LXX chrysolithos ('gold-stone') and Josephus's description both support a golden-hued identification. 7×
AR["الزَّبَرْجَدِ", "بَ-تَرْشِيشْ", "تَرْشِيشٌ", "زَبَرجَدٌ-بَحرِيٌّ", "زَبَرْجَدٌ-بَحْرِيٌّ", "كَـ-تَرْشِيشَ"]·ben["-তরশীশের-মতো", "-পোখরাজে", "তর্শীশের", "তারশীশ", "পীতপুষ্পরাগ", "পোখরাজের", "বৈদূর্য"]·DE["Beryll", "[כתרשיש]", "[תרשיש]", "in-Tarschisch"]·EN["beryl", "like-beryl"]·FR["béryl", "de-tarsis;", "topaze"]·heb["ב-תרשיש", "כ-תרשיש", "תרשיש"]·HI["तरशीश", "तरशीश-जैसा", "पीरोज़े-से", "फीरोज़ा"]·ID["batu-pirus", "batu-tarsis,", "dengan-permata-Tarsis", "permata-pirus", "pirus", "seperti-permata-Tarsis"]·IT["Tarsis", "[כתרשיש]", "berillo", "nel-beryl"]·jav["beril", "kados-kèsod", "kanthi-krisopras", "krisolit", "kèrisan", "tarsis"]·KO["같으니라-녹주옥에", "녉로석", "녹주석-으로", "녹주석과", "녹주석의", "다르시시석과", "다싀"]·PT["berilo", "como-berílio", "crisolita", "crisólito"]·RU["Таршиша", "как-таршиш", "таршиша", "хризолит", "хризолитом"]·ES["Tarsis", "berilo", "como-topacio", "crisólito", "de-Tarshish", "tarsis"]·SW["kama-shohamu", "krisolitho", "krisolito", "kwa-zabarajadi", "la-zabarijadi"]·TR["gözü", "sarı-yakut", "sarı-yakut-gibi", "sarı-yakutla", "taşın"]·urd["ترسیس-کا", "تُرشیش", "زبرجد", "فیروزہ", "فیروزے-سے", "فیروزے-کی", "فیروزے-کی-مانند"]
Related Senses
H4325 1. water, waters (582×)H6965b 1. Qal: to rise, arise, get up (432×)H2091 1. gold (the metal) (389×)H0068 1. stone, rock (material/object) (267×)H5178a 1. bronze/copper as metal (131×)H6083 1. dust, dry earth, soil (108×)H8313 1. burn, set fire to (94×)H2734 1. anger was kindled (82×)G5204 1. water (80×)H2822 1. darkness, absence of light (80×)G5457 1. light (illumination) (71×)G0450 1. rise, stand up (physical) (69×)H6965b 2. Qal: to stand firm, endure, be valid (50×)H6999a 2. burn sacrifice on altar (Hifil) (45×)H5553 1. rock, cliff (physical feature) (43×)H6965b 4. Hifil: to establish, confirm (covenant/kingdom/word) (40×)H1197a 1. burn, be on fire (39×)H4306 1. rain, showers (38×)H1653 1. rain, precipitation (34×)G4655 1. darkness (30×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. תַּרְשִׁישׁ 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.