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And thisוְזֶהishowאֲשֶׁרyou shall makeתַּעֲשֶׂהit:אֹתָהּthe lengthאֹרֶךְof the arkהַתֵּבָהthree hundredשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹתcubits,אַמָּהits widthרָחְבָּהּfiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםcubits,אַמָּהand its heightוּ קוֹמָתָהּthirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםcubits.אַמָּה
Genesis 6:15
Study it in the app“And this is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 6:15, word by word
- you shall makeתַּעֲשֶׂהtaase
make
To build or create something.
Where else “taase” appears- the lengthאֹרֶךְorech
length
Length: "the length and the breadth".
Where else “orech” appears- of the arkתֵּבָהteva
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 “teva” appears- three hundredשְׁלֹשׁshelosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosh” appears- three hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- cubitsאַמָּהama
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “ama” appears- its widthרָחְבָּrachba
width
Width, breadth.
Where else “rachba” appears- fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- and its heightקוֹמָתָkomata
height
Height.
Where else “komata” appears- thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshim
thirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appears
The context
14Make yourself an ark of gopher wood; with compartments you shall make the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch.
15 · This verse (above)
16An opening you shall make for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from above; and the door of the ark you shall put in its side; with lower, second, and third decks you shall make it.
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)?