gopher wood

Meaning

Noun

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

Related

Similar words

cypress wood, gopher-wood, timber planks (terms used in other English versions of the Bible)

Origin

From גפר, found in Genesis 6:14. Unrelated to the North American animal. Sometimes hypothesized to be ultimately cognate to English cypress, the wood itself being such or related to the tree.

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