GOPHERWOOD

Gopher wood

Gopher wood or gopherwood is a term used once in the Bible for the substance from which Noah's ark was built. Genesis 6:14 states that Noah was to build the Ark of גפר, gofer, more commonly gopher wood, a word not otherwise known in the Bible or in Hebrew. Although some English Bibles attempt a translation, older English translations, including the King James Version, leave it untranslated. The word is unrelated to the name of the North American animal, the gopher.

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gopher wood

Noun

  1. The wood used in the construction of Noah's Ark - not yet identified


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