H1613

גֹּ֫פֶר

go.pherH:N-M

gopher

1) cypress?, gopher, gopher wood 1a) wood of which the ark was made 1b) meaning and exact type unknown

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

גֹּ֫פֶר noun [masculine] gopher, only in עֲצֵיגֹּֿפֶר Gen 6:14 (P), wood of which the ark was made (word dubious; Thes compare כֹּפֶר & so Rob Ges (hence 'pitch-wood, resinous wood'), compare Di; Lag^{Semitica i. 64}; Symmict. ii. 93, BN 217 ff. thinks word not original, but inferred from גפרית, and substituted here for גפרית by copyist, or editor. compare following).

1 occurrence

Genesis 6:14