Revised Literal Translation

Genesis 6:14-16

14Makeעֲשֵׂ֤ה'a.SehH6213thee an arkתֵּבַ֣תte.VatH8392of gopherגֹ֔פֶרGo.ferH1613woodעֲצֵי־'a.tzei-H6086;roomsקִנִּ֖יםki.NimH7064shalt thou makeתַּֽעֲשֶׂ֣הta.'a.SehH6213inH854the arkהַתֵּבָ֑הha.te.VahH8392,and shalt pitchוְכָֽפַרְתָּ֥ve.kha.far.TaH3722it withinמִבַּ֥יִתmi.Ba.yitH1004and withoutוּמִח֖וּץu.mi.ChutzH2351with pitchבַּכֹּֽפֶר׃ba.Ko.ferH3724.

15And this is the fashionwhich thou shalt makeתַּֽעֲשֶׂ֖הta.'a.SehH6213it of:The lengthאֹ֚רֶךְ'O.rekhH753of the arkהַתֵּבָ֔הha.te.VahH8392shall bethreeשְׁלֹ֧שׁshe.LoshH7969hundredמֵא֣וֹתme.'otH3967cubitsאַמָּ֗ה'a.MahH520,the breadthרָחְבָּ֔הּra.che.BahH7341of it fiftyחֲמִשִּׁ֤יםcha.mi.ShimH2572cubitsאַמָּה֙'a.MahH520,and the heightקוֹמָתָֽהּ׃ko.ma.TahH6967of it thirtyוּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםu.she.lo.ShimH7970cubitsאַמָּ֖ה'a.MahH520.

16A windowצֹ֣הַר׀Tzo.harH6672shalt thou makeתַּֽעֲשֶׂ֣הta.'a.SehH6213to the arkלַתֵּבָ֗הla.te.VahH8392,and in a cubitאַמָּה֙'a.MahH520shalt thou finishתְּכַלֶ֣נָּהte.kha.Le.nahH3615it aboveמִלְמַ֔עְלָהmil.Ma'.lahH4605;and the doorוּפֶ֥תַחu.Fe.tachH6607of the arkהַתֵּבָ֖הha.te.VahH8392shalt thou setתָּשִׂ֑יםta.SimH7760in the side thereofבְּצִדָּ֣הּbe.tzi.DahH6654; withlowerתַּחְתִּיִּ֛םtach.ti.YimH8482,secondשְׁנִיִּ֥םshe.ni.YimH8145,and thirdוּשְׁלִשִׁ֖יםu.she.li.ShimH7992storiesshalt thou makeתַּֽעֲשֶֽׂהָ׃Ta.'a.Se.haH6213it.

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