What does the word ark mean in Hebrew?

Answer 1

It depends on how you use the word:

If you are talking about the Holy Ark where the torah scrolls are kept in a synagogue: ah-ROHN (ארון)

If you are talking about Noah's Ark: teh-VAH (תבה)

Answer 2

Three answers.1) The holy ark is the special ark in each synagogue in which the Torah-scrolls are stored. It is a tall, heavy, fancy cabinet with a curtain in front and double doors.

2) The holy ark was the Ark of the Covenant in which the two Stone Tablets with the Ten Commandments were held. It was a heavy wooden box covered with gold, with a gold lid. Exodus ch.25.

3) Noah's ark (Genesis ch.6), a type of huge boat, is recorded in the Torah and in the history of many ancient nations. The word for this ark in Hebrew is not the same as the above two.

See also:

Where is the ark of the Covenant?

Answer 3

Noah's ark was the "tay-VAH" (תבה)

The ark that held the stone tablets, and that now contains the Torah in the synagogue, is "ah-RONE" (ארון)

Answer 4

Ark is an English word, in Hebrew its "Taivah"