Genesis 6:16
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A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.
In other translations
A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.
Hebrew words
צֹהַר׀tzohara roofH6672תַּעֲשֶׂהta'asehyou will makeH6213לַתֵּבָהlatevahfor the arkH8392וְאֶל־ve'el-and toH413אַמָּה'amaha cubitH520תְּכַלֶנָּהtekhalenahyou will finish itH3615מִלְמַעְלָהmilma'lahfrom to above <towards>H4605וּפֶתַחufetachand [the] entrance ofH6607הַתֵּבָהhatevahthe arkH8392בְּצִדָּהּbetzidahin side itsH6654תָּשִׂיםtasimyou will putH7760תַּחְתִּיִּםtachtiyimlower [decks]H8482שְׁנִיִּםsheniyimsecond [decks]H8145וּשְׁלִשִׁיםushelishimand third [decks]H7992תַּעֲשֶׂהָ׃ta'asehayou will make itH6213
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- Genesis 8:6And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark
- Ezekiel 41:16The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;as well as the thresholds and the beveled windows and the galleries all around with their three levels opposite the threshold, were overlaid with wood on all sides. They were paneled from the ground to the windows, and the windows were covered.
- Genesis 7:16And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.
- 2 Samuel 6:16And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
- 2 Kings 9:30And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
- Ezekiel 42:3Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court.
- Luke 13:25When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
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