Ark

Examples

• All

• At one end of the main room is a wooden ark holding a Torah scroll that is taken out during the service and unfurled for reading.

  Academic text (2009)

• No, I have not yet made an Ark of the Covenant.

  Adam Savage’s Tested

• Even though God told them not to look inside the ark or they would die, one man disregarded the command.

  Blog text (19)

• Thus, when they returned the ark to the Israelites, they handled it with great care.

  Blog text (19)

• Once safely out of Egypt, the Hebrews receive instructions from Yahweh for the construction of the sacred ark, a tabernacle that will carry the twin tablets of the Decalogue, and an artifact of unparalleled beauty that will also be their first public work.

  Academic text (2010)

• In the synagogue, the ark holds the sacred Torah scrolls, representing the covenant between God and the Jewish people.

• During the service, the congregation stood as the ark was opened to reveal the Ten Commandments inside.

• The ancient Hebrews believed that the ark was a symbol of God's presence among them.

Synonyms

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Ark of the Covenant

vsArk

• Literature

5 9.5

A sacred chest that ancient Hebrews kept and that held the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments

is the sacred chest that mainly contained the two tablets without explicit symbolism

Compounds

A

Ark of the Covenant

• Literature

5 9.5

A sacred chest that ancient Hebrews kept and that held the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments

A

ark shell

9.8

A sea animal with a heavy ridged shell in two parts that people sometimes eat

Surface Forms

Etymology