"Tarshish" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1708, Edward Wells, An Historical Geography of the Old and New Testament: In Two Volumes, volume I, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1809, →OCLC, page 75:",
          "text": "There remain now only the colonies of Tarſhiſh to be ſpoken of. And whereſoever elſe they ſeated themſelves, it is highly probable, that Tarteſſus, a city and adjoining country in Spain, and much celebrated by the ancients for its wealth, was a colony of Tarſhiſh. For the name Tarſhiſh is, by an eaſy and frequent change, turned into Tartiſh ; from whence Tarteſſus is regularly enough framed.",
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          "text": "“And now the time of tide has come; the ship casts off her cables; and from the deserted wharf the uncheered ship for Tarshish, all careening, glides to sea.",
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