where is tarshish
Tarshish, also spelled Tharsis, (Hebrew: ×ªÖ·Ö¼×¨Ö°×©Ö´×××©× â) occurs in the Hebrew Bible with several uncertain meanings, most frequently as a place, probably a large city or country, far across the sea from the Land of Israel, which traded in metals with Israel and Phoenicia.arshish also occurs 24 times in the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible with various meanings: 1  Genesis 10:4 lists among the descendants of Japhet the son of Noah as The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim ..