Lexical Definition

‎תֵּבָה‎ têbâh (tay-baw') ark ^H:N-F
perhaps of foreign derivation

ark.

• a box

1) ark
1a) vessel which Noah built
1b) basket vessel in which Moses was placed

See Greek: θαυμάζω · κιβωτός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תֵּבָה‎ noun feminine ark (properly chest, box (compare Late Hebrew ‎תֵּבָה‎); probably Egyptian loan-word from T-b-t, chest, coffin (Brugsch, Erman^{ZMG xlvi (1892), 123}); > Babylonian word Jen^{ZA iv (1889), 272 f.} Hal^{JAssyr., 1888 {Nov.-Dec.}, 517}); — absolute ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Gen 7:1 +; construct ‎תֵּבַת‎ Gen 6:14; Exod 2:3 — vessel in which infant Moses was laid among reeds vExod 2:3 (made of papyrus, ‎גֹּמֶא‎), vExod 2:5 (both E; ᵐ5 θῖβις, θήβη, compare Lewy^{Fremdw. 100}); vessel which saved Noah and his family, with animals, during flood (ᵐ5 κιβωτός): Gen 7:1; Gen 7:7; Gen 7:9; Gen 7:17; Gen 7:23; Gen 8:6; Gen 8:9 (twice in verse); Gen 8:10; Gen 8:13; Gen 9:18 (all J), Gen 6:14 (made of ‎עֲצֵי נֹפֶר‎), vGen 6:14 vGen 6:15 vGen 6:16 vGen 6:16 vGen 6:18 vGen 6:19; Gen 7:13; Gen 7:15; Gen 7:18; Gen 8:1; Gen 8:4; Gen 8:16; Gen 8:19; Gen 9:10 (all P). ‎תְּבוּאָה‎ see ‎בוא‎. ‎תְּבוּנָה‎, ‎תְּבוּנָם‎ see ‎בין‎. ‎תובנתו‎ see ‎בין‎. ‎תְּבוּסָה‎ see ‎בוס‎.

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