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Genesis 6:16

a light253 you are making to the Chest, and to an ammah you are ending her from-to-above254 and the opening of the Chest you are placing in her side, bottom-ones, a pair, and a third-ones255 you are making her.

Footnote:

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to an ammah you are finishing her from-to-top-ward. Hebrew וְאֶל־אַמָּה֙ תְּכַלֶ֣נָּה מִלְמַ֔עְלָה (ve-el ammah t’kalennah milmalah). The word milmalah is literally from-to-top-ward. Or “Literally, from above to above;” Pulpit Commentary. There is a unique double set of prepositions prefixing the word top-part, as though Yahweh was commanding Rest to build in a specific way (direction?), as in building from the top and to the top. The suffix -ah adds -hers/herself.

The whole phrase has confounded translators and commentators from time immemorial. There are lots of conjectures and speculations. But maybe it’s an enigma: “It behooves you to be born from above [top?]” John 3:7. This word construct is found 24 times in Scripture. Translator’s definitions vary. But compare some of the other places it is used including the “ark” lid:

“And you have given אֶת-the Cover upon the Chest from-to-the-top-her,” Exodus 25:21 RBT