OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 12618

ark

/ɑːk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
arca
A large box with a flat lid.
arca
Noah's ark: the ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge.
In the midrash about Noah it says that Noah had a stone which, when held up in the darkness of the ark, would change color when the sun was shining outside.
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