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Genesis 6:15

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Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.	And this [is the fashion] which thou shalt make it [of]: The length of the ark [shall be] three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.	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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And this is the fashion which thou shalt make^H6213 it of: The length^H753 of the ark^H8392 shall be three^H7969 hundred^H3967 cubits^H520, the breadth^H7341 of it fifty^H2572 cubits^H520, and the height^H6967 of it thirty^H7970 cubits^H520.

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Original Hebrew

וְזֶה אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה אֹתָהּ שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאֹות אַמָּה אֹרֶךְ הַתֵּבָה חֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה רָחְבָּהּ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים אַמָּה קֹומָתָהּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/זֶ֕ה	ve./Zeh	H2088	HC/Pdxms	and/ this
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	(is) how
תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֖ה	ta.'a.Seh	H6213	HVqi2ms	you will make
אֹתָ֑/הּ	'o.Ta/h	H853	HTo/Sp3fs	(obj.)/ it
שְׁלֹ֧שׁ	she.Losh	H7969	HAcfsa	(will be) three
מֵא֣וֹת	me.'ot	H3967	HAcbpa	hundred(s)
אַמָּ֗ה	'a.Mah	H520	HNcfsa	cubit(s)
אֹ֚רֶךְ	'O.rekh	H753	HNcmsc	(the) length of
הַ/תֵּבָ֔ה	ha./te.Vah	H8392	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ ark
חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים	cha.mi.Shim	H2572	HAcbpa	(will be) fifty
אַמָּה֙	'a.Mah	H520	HNcfsa	cubit(s)
רָחְבָּ֔/הּ	ra.che.Ba/h	H7341	HNcmsc/Sp3fs	breadth/ its
וּ/שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים	u./she.lo.Shim	H7970	HC/Acbpa	and/ (will be) thirty
אַמָּ֖ה	'a.Mah	H520	HNcfsa	cubit(s)
קוֹמָתָֽ/הּ	ko.ma.Ta/h	H6967	HNcfsc/Sp3fs	height/ its

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H520 — אַמָּה (ʼammâh, am-maw'): prolonged from אֵם; properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance); cubit, [phrase] hundred (by exchange for מֵאָה), measure, post.
• H753 — אֹרֶךְ (ʼôrek, o'rek'): from אָרַךְ; length; [phrase] forever, length, long.
• H2572 — חֲמִשִּׁים (chămishshîym, kham-ish-sheem'): multiple of חָמֵשׁ; fifty; fifty.
• H3967 — מֵאָה (mêʼâh, may-aw'): or מֵאיָה; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction; hundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
• H6967 — קוֹמָה (qôwmâh, ko-maw'): from קוּם; height; [idiom] along, height, high, stature, tall.
• H7341 — רֹחַב (rôchab, ro'-khab): from רָחַב; width (literally or figuratively); breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.
• H7969 — שָׁלוֹשׁ (shâlôwsh, shaw-loshe'): or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice; [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare שָׁלִישׁ.
• H7970 — שְׁלוֹשִׁים (shᵉlôwshîym, shel-o-sheem'): or שְׁלֹשִׁים; multiple of שָׁלוֹשׁ; thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth; thirty, thirtieth. Compare שָׁלִישׁ.
• H8392 — תֵּבָה (têbâh, tay-baw'): perhaps of foreign derivation; a box; ark.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H2088 — זֶה (zeh, zeh): a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that; he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare זֹאת, זֹה, זוֹ, זוּ.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• cubits — Genesis 7:20, Deuteronomy 3:11

Reciprocal references (1): Genesis 6:19

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