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Genesis 6:14

עֲשֵׂה לְךָ תֵּבַת עֲצֵי גֹפֶר קִנִּים תַּעֲשֶׂה אֶת הַ תֵּבָה וְ כָפַרְתָּ אֹתָהּ מִ בַּיִת וּ מִ חוּץ בַּ כֹּפֶר
`Make to-yourself a chest of gopher-woods,245 nests246 you are making את-the Chest,247 and you have covered אֶת-her248 from the house249 and from the outwall in the Kopher.250
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her. Hebrew אֹתָ֑הּ otah. This is the mark of the accusative in the feminine meaning herself. The masculine form otoh was previously used in Genesis 1:27 “he cut out himself”.