Study it in the app“An 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.”
An openingצֹהַרyou shall makeתַּעֲשֶׂהfor the ark,לַתֵּבָהandוְfinishתְּכַלֶitנָּהto a cubitאֶל אַמָּהfrom above;מִלְמַעְלָהand the doorוּפֶתַחof the arkהַתֵּבָהyou shall putתָּשִׂיםin its side;בְּצִדָּהּwithlower,תַּחְתִּיִּםsecond,שְׁנִיִּםand third decksוּשְׁלִשִׁיםyou shall makeתַּעֲשֶׂit.הָ
window
A gap for light in the ark.
Where else “tsohar” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “taase” appearsark
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” appearsfinish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “techale” appearscubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “ama” appearsabove
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appearsentrance, door
Entrance, doorway, door, opening.
Where else “fetach” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “tasim” appearsside
Side.
Where else “tsida” appearslowest
Lowest, the lower level; the depths.
Where else “tachtiyim” appearssecond
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “sheniyim” appearsthird
The one that comes after the second; in time, the day or month that follows it.
Where else “shelishim” appears15And this is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
16 · This verse (above)
17And I, look, I am bringing the flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the spirit of life, from under the heavens; everything that is on the earth will perish.
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)?
