ark
A large box with a flat lid.
(Judaism, Christianity, Islam) 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.
Something affording protection; safety, shelter, refuge.
(figuratively) The body as a vessel.
Like her I go; I cannot stay; / I leave this mortal ark behind, / A weight of nerves without a mind, / And leave the cliffs, and haste away […]
A spacious type of boat with a flat bottom.
(Judaism) The Ark of the Covenant.
(Q331619)(Judaism) A decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept.
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