Genesis

Genesis 6:14

14Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood;c make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.

Footnotes

  • c 6:14 Gopher is an unknown kind of tree; possibly cypress or cedar.

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Makeעֲשֵׂ֤ה‘ă·śêhVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularH6213 do, make
for yourselfלְךָ֙lə·ḵāPreposition; second person masculine singular
an arkתֵּבַ֣תtê·ḇaṯNoun - feminine singular constructH8392 ark
of gopherגֹ֔פֶרḡō·p̄erNoun - masculine singularH1613 gopher
woodעֲצֵי־‘ă·ṣê-Noun - masculine plural constructH6086 tree, trees, wood
makeתַּֽעֲשֶׂ֣הta·‘ă·śehVerb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularH6213 do, make
roomsקִנִּ֖יםqin·nîmNoun - masculine pluralH7064 nest
inאֶת־’eṯ-PrepositionH853 mark of the accusative
the arkהַתֵּבָ֑הhat·tê·ḇāhArticle; Noun - feminine singularH8392 ark
and coatוְכָֽפַרְתָּ֥wə·ḵā·p̄ar·tāConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularH3722 cover over (figurative), pacify, make propitiation
itאֹתָ֛הּ’ō·ṯāhDirect object marker; third person feminine singularH853 mark of the accusative
with pitchבַּכֹּֽפֶר׃bak·kō·p̄erPreposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singularH3724 the price of a life, ransom
insideמִבַּ֥יִתmib·ba·yiṯPreposition-m; Noun - masculine singularH1004 house
and outוּמִח֖וּץū·mi·ḥūṣConjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singularH2351 the outside

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1 Peter 3:20 · Luke 17:27 · Matthew 24:38 · Exodus 2:3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.