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Makeעֲשֵׂהyourselfלְךָan arkתֵּבַתof gopherגֹפֶרwood;עֲצֵיwith compartmentsקִנִּיםyou shall makeתַּעֲשֶׂהthe ark,אֶת הַתֵּבָהandוְcoverכָפַרְתָּitאֹתָהּinsideמִבַּיִתand outsideוּמִחוּץwith pitch.בַּכֹּפֶר
Genesis 6:14
Study it in the app“Make yourself an ark of gopher wood; with compartments you shall make the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 6:14, word by word
- Makeעֲשֵׂהase
make
To build or create something.
Where else “ase” appears- an arkתֵּבַתtevat
ark
Ark: a large box or chest. It is Noah's vessel; the same word is used only again for the basket where the baby Moses was put (Exodus 2:3).
Where else “tevat” appears- of gopherגֹפֶרgofer
gopher wood
Gopher: a kind of wood that has not been identified, so the Hebrew name is kept.
Where else “gofer” appears- woodעֲצֵיatse
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “atse” appears- with compartmentsקִנִּיםkinim
compartment
The rooms of Noah's ark.
Where else “kinim” appears- coverכָפַרְתָּchafarta
coat with pitch
To coat with pitch.
Where else “chafarta” appears- insideבַּיִתbayit
inside
Literally "the house": the inner part of something.
Where else “bayit” appears- and outsideחוּץchuts
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appears- with pitchכֹּפֶרkofer
pitch
A dark, sticky resin used to seal the seams of a vessel.
Where else “kofer” appears
Translation note
It is not known which wood gopher is.
The context
13And Elohim said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and look, I am going to destroy them with the earth.
14 · This verse (above)
15And this is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
To study Genesis 6 in a group
1. What it says
What did YHWH see on the earth, and what did Elohim tell Noah to do (vv. 5, 13-14)?
2. What it means
Why does the text say Noah found favor in the eyes of YHWH (vv. 8-9)?
3. How I live it
What good thing can you keep doing steadily even if those around you do not understand it, as Noah did (v. 22)?