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What is the connection between the "tarshish" in Ezekiel's vision and the city Jonah fled toward?
I noticed that Ezekiel 1:16, in describing his vision of something like a heavenly chariot (merkavah), says the words gleaned like tarshish, translated "beryl" by Sefaria and some others:
מַרְאֵ֨ה הָאוֹפַנִּ֤ים וּמַעֲשֵׂיהֶם֙ כְּעֵ֣ין תַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁ
As for the appearance and structure of the wheels, they gleamed like beryl.
I recognized the word tarshish when I saw this:
וַיָּ֤קָם יוֹנָה֙ לִבְרֹ֣חַ תַּרְשִׁ֔ישָׁה
Jonah, however, started out to flee to Tarshish (Jonah 1:3)
Is there a connection between the gleaming something (beryl or maybe some other material) and Yonah's original destination? If so, what is it?
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