Genesis 6:16
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Thou shalt make a window in the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish the top of it: and the door of the ark thou shalt set in the side: with lower, middle chambers, and third stories shalt thou make it.

window.

Genesis 8:6 And after that forty days were passed, Noe opening the window of the ark, which he had made, sent forth a raven:

2 Samuel 6:16 And when the ark of the Lord was come into the city of David, Michol the daughter of Saul, looking out through a window, saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord: and she despised him in her heart.

2 Kings 9:30 And Jehu came into Jezrahel. But Jezabel, hearing of his coming in, painted her face with stibic stone, and adorned her head, and looked out of a window.

the door.

Genesis 7:16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in on the outside.

Luke 13:25 But when the master of the house shall be gone in and shall shut the door, you shall begin to stand without; and knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us. And he answering, shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are.

with.

Ezekiel 41:16 The thresholds, and the oblique windows, and the galleries round about on three sides, over against the threshold of every one, and floored with wood all round about: and the ground was up to the windows, and the windows were shut over the doors.

Ezekiel 42:3 Over against the twenty cubits of the inner court, and over against the pavement of the outward court that was paved with stone, where there was a gallery joined to a triple gallery.

Context
Noah Builds the Ark
15And thus shalt thou make it. The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits: the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16Thou shalt make a window in the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish the top of it: and the door of the ark thou shalt set in the side: with lower, middle chambers, and third stories shalt thou make it.17Behold, I will bring the waters of a great flood upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life under heaven. All things that are in the earth shall be consumed.…
Cross References
Genesis 6:15
And thus shalt thou make it. The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits: the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

Genesis 6:17
Behold, I will bring the waters of a great flood upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life under heaven. All things that are in the earth shall be consumed.

Genesis 8:6
And after that forty days were passed, Noe opening the window of the ark, which he had made, sent forth a raven:

Lexicon
You are to make
תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֣ה (ta·‘ă·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

a roof
צֹ֣הַר ׀ (ṣō·har)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6672: A light, double light, noon

for the ark,
לַתֵּבָ֗ה (lat·tê·ḇāh)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8392: A box, chest

finish [its walls]
תְּכַלֶ֣נָּה‪‬ (tə·ḵa·len·nāh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

a cubit
אַמָּה֙ (’am·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

from the top,
מִלְמַ֔עְלָה (mil·ma‘·lāh)
Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4605: The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top

place
תָּשִׂ֑ים (tā·śîm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

a door
וּפֶ֥תַח (ū·p̄e·ṯaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6607: An opening, door, entrance way

in the side
בְּצִדָּ֣הּ (bə·ṣid·dāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6654: A side, an adversary

of the ark,
הַתֵּבָ֖ה (hat·tê·ḇāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8392: A box, chest

and build
תַּֽעֲשֶֽׂהָ׃ (ta·‘ă·śe·hā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

lower,
תַּחְתִּיִּ֛ם (taḥ·tî·yim)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8482: Lowermost, the depths

middle,
שְׁנִיִּ֥ם (šə·nî·yim)
Number - ordinal masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8145: Second (an ordinal number)

and upper {decks}.
וּשְׁלִשִׁ֖ים (ū·šə·li·šîm)
Conjunctive waw | Number - ordinal masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7992: Third, feminine a, third, a third, a third-story cell)


Additional Translations
You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.A window shall you make to the ark, and in a cubit shall you finish it above; and the door of the ark shall you set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shall you make it.

A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

Thou shalt narrow the ark in making it, and in a cubit above thou shalt finish it, and the door of the ark thou shalt make on the side; with lower, second, and third stories thou shalt make it.

A light shalt thou make to the ark; and to a cubit high shalt thou finish it above. And the door of the ark shalt thou set in its side: [with] a lower, second, and third [story] shalt thou make it.

A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in its side: with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.

a window dost thou make for the ark, and unto a cubit thou dost restrain it from above; and the opening of the ark thou dost put in its side, -- lower, second, and third stories dost thou make it.
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