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:''You may be looking for the tree Torreya taxifolia, sometimes called "gopher wood".'' Gopher wood or gopherwood is a term used once in the Bible for the substance from which Noah's ark was built. Genesis 6:14 states that Noah was to build the Ark of גפר, ''gofer'', more commonly ''gopher'' wood, a word not otherwise known in the Bible or in Hebrew. Although some English Bibles attempt a translation, older English translations, including the King James Version (17th century), leave it untranslated. The word is unrelated to the name of the North American animal, the gopher. == Identity == The Greek Septuagint (3rd–1st centuries BC) translated it as ''xylon tetragonon'', "squared timber". Similarly, the Latin Vulgate (5th century AD) rendered it as ''lignis levigatis'' (''lævigatis'', in the Clementine Vulgate), "smoothed (possibly planed) wood". The ''Jewish Encyclopedia'' believes it was most likely a translation of the Babylonian "gushure iṣ erini" (cedar-beams), or the Assyrian "giparu" (reed). The Aramaic Targum Onkelos, considered by many Jews to be an official translation of the Hebrew scripture renders this word as קדרוס (''qadros'') i.e., cedar. The Syriac Peshitta translates this word as ܥܪܩܐ (''‘arqa''), box wood.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon )〕 Many modern English translations tend to favor cypress (although otherwise the word for "cypress" in Biblical Hebrew is ''berosh''). This was espoused (among others) by Adam Clarke, a Methodist theologian famous for his commentary on the Bible: Clarke cited the resemblance between Greek word for cypress, ''kuparisson'' and the Hebrew word ''gophar''. Other suggestions include pine, cedar, fir, teak, sandalwood, ebony, wicker, juniper, acacia, boxwood, slimed bulrushes, and resinous wood. Others, noting the physical similarity between the Hebrew letters ''g'' and ''k'', suggest that the word may actually be ''kopher'', the Hebrew word meaning "pitch"; thus ''kopher'' wood would be ''pitched wood''. Recent suggestions have included a lamination process (to strengthen the Ark), or a now-lost type of tree, but there is no consensus. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gopher wood」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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