GOPHER-WOOD: By: Emil G. Hirsch ... who afterward mistook "gushure" for a tree-name, and accordingly wrote ; next a scribe, whose eye was ... gave birth to the Hebrew narrative of the Deluge are made of willow-branches, palm-leaves, etc., closely interwoven like basket-work, with a coat of bitumen on the inside. A dedicated team of scientists from the Atlanta Botanical Garden and local volunteers in the Florida Panhandle is racing to save the 750 or so "gopher wood" trees that remain in the U.S. No, these rodents do not make good pets. Some woods work well for the ship’s hull, … We all know this as the wood used in the Ark of the Covenant. Gopher Care. We have no idea what type of tree Gopher wood may have been. Pitch is simply any type of gooey black pine tar, or tree resin. The word kopher meant a covering or pitch. Gopher might not be a type of wood at all and may be a type of reed, as reed boats are as ancient, if not more ancient than wooden boats. Furthermore, since the word “wood” (i.e., “tree” or “timber”) in gopher wood is the plural form of the Hebrew ְעץ (‘êṣ), this fits well with the fact that wooden ships are typically built of many types of hardwood. In many places, it is also illegal to own a Gopher as a pet. cmsmith10 6 hours ago . According to Earther, religious scholars have long searched for the tree that Noah used to construct his arc -- Genisis 6:14 says it was from “gopher wood.” It makes excellent and high quality furniture. Genesis 18:4 HEB: וְהִֽשָּׁעֲנ֖וּ תַּ֥חַת הָעֵֽץ׃ NAS: and rest yourselves under the tree; KJV: and rest yourselves under the tree: INT: and rest under the tree. Maybe gopher doesn’t actually refer to a tree but to a point of construction such as beams. Other sources (out side of the Bible) record that the boat was made from "reeds". Most species of acacia are used for valuable timber. https://answersingenesis.org/noahs-ark/gopher-wood-mystery-arks-timber Acacia seyal is said to be the shittah tree of the Bible, hence shittim-wood. The word is a Hebrew pronunciation of the Sumerian gpr, which was a type of adhesive used to build strong lumber. Gopher was not a tree or a type of wood but the product of a process, much like ply wood was the product of a process and was not cut from a ply tree. ‘Gopher wood or gopherwood is a term used once in the Bible, for a type of wood whose identity is unknown.’ ‘And coming right after creation, one researcher said that gopherwood was most likely of such a fine grain, it was a super wood, almost like stone.’ Acacia wood's grain is said to pair well with chisel scraping technique. They prefer spending their time underground, which doesn’t make for the most entertaining pet. Does this type of tree still exist? Maybe it’s another kind of tree like cypress, pine, or juniper. Does the Gopher Make a Good Pet. Some dictionaries mention gopherwood as a deciduous tree with white flowers, specifically Cladrastis kentuckea, or American yellowwood; this type of gopherwood has no known relation to the material of Noah's Ark. The reference to pitch (the use of tar) and the other ancient sources for the use of reeds suggests that "gopher wood" was actually a construction technique similar to carbon fiber but having a purely organic (reed) base for the sub-straight. In all honesty we do not know. Some zoos house certain species in their collections. Maybe because the k and the g are similar in construction (in Hebrew), this is a typo and it’s actually referring to kopher wood which would mean waterproofed, pitched wood. Genesis 18:8 The two elements were to be gopher wood and pitch. Was it all used up in the construction of the ark? Perhaps all the Gopher wood trees were otherwise destroyed in the flood. NAS: of gopher wood; you shall make KJV: of gopher wood; rooms INT: Make an ark wood of gopher rooms.