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Ark or Temple?
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Ark or Temple?
Sigal Zohar, M.A.
A Hebrew language, Literature and Creative Writing teacher with 19 years of experience in these fields, Sigal has a master's degree in literature from Haifa University. Sigal holds a teacher's certificate for teaching Hebrew from the Ministry of...
אֲרוֹן
1. The word ark in English indicates a box or a container.
Ark (of the covenant),
Noah's Ark
Moses Ark (basket BULRUSHES)
Both Noah's Ark and Moses Ark (basket BULRUSHES) are Tevah in Hebrew while the Ark (of the covenant), is Aron.
אֲרוֹן (Aron) appears about 200 times in the bible:
1 secular chest (aron) as for coffin or for money-chest " like:
2 cultic -- most frequently used for the ark of the covenant:
ארון הקודש, ארון העדות, ארון יהוה, ארון ברית יהוה, ארון אלהי ישראל
Material: acacia wood - all with gold. gold rings on the corners to carry it.
Size: 2 1/2 by 1 1/2 by 1 1/2 cubits
Inside: the tables of stone with the law: a pot of manna; Aaron's rod
Location: the most holy place in the tabernacle
kapporet and cherubim
inside: Aron Hae'dut
Exodus 25:16 וְנָתַתָּ֖ אֶל־הָאָרֹ֑ן אֵ֚ת הָעֵדֻ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֶתֵּ֖ן אֵלֶֽיךָ׃
Exodus 25:16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
Exodus 25:16 wünätaTTä ´el-hä´ärön ´ët hä`ëdùt ´ášer ´eTTën ´ëlʺkä
Genesis 50:26 וַיָּ֣מָת יוֹסֵ֔ף בֶּן־מֵאָ֥ה וָעֶ֖שֶׂר שָׁנִ֑ים וַיַּחַנְט֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ וַיִּ֥ישֶׂם בָּאָר֖וֹן בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃
Genesis 50:26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Genesis 50:26 wayyäºmot yôsëp Ben-më´â wä`eºSer šänîm wayyaHan•†û ´ötô wayyîºSem Bä´ärôn Bümic•räºyim