Lexical Definition

‎גֹּפֶר‎ gôpher (go'-fer) gopher ^H:N-M
from an unused root, probably meaning to house in

gopher.

• a kind of tree or wood (as used for building), apparently the cypress

1) cypress?, gopher, gopher wood
1a) wood of which the ark was made
1b) meaning and exact type unknown

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גֹּ֫פֶר‎ noun [masculine] gopher, only in ‎עֲצֵיגֹּֿפֶר‎ Gen 6:14 (P), wood of which the ark was made (word dubious; Thes compare ‎כֹּפֶר‎ & so Rob Ges (hence 'pitch-wood, resinous wood'), compare Di; Lag^{Semitica i. 64}; Symmict. ii. 93, BN 217 ff. thinks word not original, but inferred from ‎גפרית‎, and substituted here for ‎גפרית‎ by copyist, or editor. compare following).

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