WillKill4Food
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According to http://www.jewfaq.org/torah.htm:Lord_glavin said:well, in the english translation its called a box, which has some very large differences from the originals
maybe in the original hebrew the 'box' might have a broader meaning, like container
"The scrolls are kept in a cabinet in the synagogue called an "ark," as in Ark of the Covenant, not as in Noah's Ark. The words are different and unrelated in Hebrew. Noah's ark (and also the ark that Moses was placed in) are called in Hebrew teyvat (ship). I was taught that the "Ark" of the Covenant and the ark in synagogue are an acrostic of "aron kodesh" (holy cabinet), but others have told me that it is merely an archaic English word derived from the Latin arca (cabinet)."