The vessel Noah built in the Genesis flood story is called the Ark. In English Bibles, the name comes from the Latin arca, meaning a chest or box, and is used for the large vessel constructed to preserve Noah, his family, and the animals.
The Hebrew word used in Genesis is tebah. The same Hebrew noun is also used for the basket in which the infant Moses is placed in Exodus, although English translations commonly call both objects by different terms according to context. In Genesis, the Ark is not given a personal name like a modern ship.
The Ark should also be distinguished from the Ark of the Covenant, a separate sacred chest described much later in the Bible. The two objects are sometimes confused because English uses “ark” for both, but they belong to different stories, periods, and Hebrew terms or contexts. Genesis describes Noah’s Ark through its measurements, materials, compartments, and purpose rather than through a unique ship name.