Tebah תבה means “chest, box, case,” or “hull, body.” In short, tebah indicates a container. In Hebrew, there are many words for boat or ship, but tebah is not one of them.
Tebah, the Ark, is the physical body. This body receives the forces of divinity, known as יהוה Iod-Chavah or Jehovah in the Old Testament, which can be activated if one knows the secret, the method, the ark or Arcanum. Religious writings throughout antiquity have referred to the need for purification within the body, for “know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?” (1 Corinthians 6:19).
“Make thee a תבה tebah of gopher wood…” – Genesis / Bereshit 6:14
The Hebrew word גפר gopher is shortened from גפרית, gophriyth, sulphur (called in the Bible “brimstone”). In Alchemy, sulphur is the symbol of fire. Thus, this passage actually says:
“Make thee a tebah [container] from the sulfurous tree…” – Gen 6:14
The sulfurous tree is the same as the “burning bush” seen by Moses. It is a “matchstick,” wood topped by sulphur, and used to start fires. It is the tree of knowledge.