In the Genesis account, what was the name of Noah's ship?

In the Genesis account, Noah's ship is called the Ark.

The English word “ark” comes through Latin arca, meaning a chest or box. In Genesis, the Hebrew term is teva, a word also used for the basket in which the infant Moses is placed in Exodus. The term emphasizes a vessel designed to preserve life rather than a named ship in the modern sense.

Genesis does not give Noah's vessel a personal name such as a captain might assign to a ship. “Noah's Ark” is the conventional English title used for the object and for the broader narrative. The account describes its construction and dimensions but does not provide a ceremonial naming scene.

The word should also be distinguished from the Ark of the Covenant, a different biblical object associated with the Israelites. Both are called “ark” in English, but they are unrelated vessels in separate stories and use different Hebrew terms.