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Ark_of_the_Covenant

Ark of the Covenant

English

Proper noun

Ark of the Covenant

(Judaism) The sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest, of the two tablets of law (the Ten Commandments) given to Moses by the Hebrew God.

Translations

the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest

Arabic: تَابُوت اَلْعَهْد m ‎(tābūt al-ʿahd)
Danish: Pagtens ark c
Dutch: verbondsark m, f, Ark van het Verbond
Faroese: sáttmálaørkin f
Finnish: liitonarkki
German: Bundeslade (de) f
Greek: Κιβωτός της Διαθήκης f ‎(Kivotós tis Diathíkis)
Hebrew: ארון הברית ‎(aron habrit)
Hungarian: frigyláda (hu)
Irish: Áirc an Chonartha f
Italian: Arca dell'Alleanza f

Norwegian:

Bokmål: paktens ark m

Nynorsk: paktarka f
Polish: Arka Przymierza (pl) f
Portuguese: Arca da Aliança f
Pukapukan: āluna
Rarotongan: 'āruna
Russian: ковче́г заве́та m ‎(kovčég zavéta)
Spanish: arca de la Alianza f, arca del pacto f
Swedish: förbundsark c
Tagalog: Kaban ng Tipan