# a roof for the ark

This was probably a peaked or slanted roof. Its purpose was to protect everything in the ark from the rain.

# cubit

A cubit was a little less than half a meter long. See how you translated this in [Genesis 6:15](./13.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance]])

# a lower, a second, and a third deck

"a lower deck, a middle deck, and an upper deck" or "three decks inside"

# deck

"floor" or "level"