the ark was made of gopher wood so where did the wood come from
2006-11-10 16:52:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
The meaning of the Hebrew word "gopher" is unknown; most translations of Genesis simply don't attempt to translate it. The type of wood that it's generally thought to mean is cypress wood. There's also some thought that "gopher" doesn't refer to the type of wood at all, but was in fact mis-transcribed at some point from the Hebrew "kopher" ( the letters that sound like "g" and "k" in Hebrew are VERY similarly-shaped), which means "pitch," as in tar. That would have meant that Noah was instructed to build the ark out of wood treated with pitch, which makes sense for a vessel that was intended to be waterproof.
2006-11-10 17:05:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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where did the gopher wood come from to build noahs ark?
the ark was made of gopher wood so where did the wood come from
2015-08-14 10:59:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From a gopher wood tree.
2006-11-10 17:00:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't take this personally, but if you actually believe this ridiculous myth the origin of the wood is the least of your problems.
2006-11-10 17:13:48 · answer #4 · answered by hznfrst 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they had to "go for" the wood; not gopher wood
2006-11-10 17:02:57 · answer #5 · answered by carri 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gopher trees.
2006-11-14 09:15:09 · answer #6 · answered by boomer sooner 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋