Noach 10:12 · unit 2

TT #72 · Parashas Noach · Sixth Aliyah · Passuk 10:12

The Complete Passuk

וְאֶת־רֶ֥סֶן בֵּֽין־נִ֖ינְוֵ֣ה וּבֵֽין־כָּ֑לַח הִ֥וא הָעִ֖יר הַגְּדֹלָֽה׃

and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.

Chabad.org — 10:12

Source Citation

Torah Temimah notes the designation “the great city.”

Sefaria — Yoma 10a

Chazal

הִיא הָעִיר הַגְּדֹלָה — רֶסֶן / נִינְוֵה נִקְרֵאת הָעִיר הַגְּדֹלָה.

“That is the great city” — the designation applies to the metropolitan complex of Resen/Nineveh.

On the daf / in context: The phrase “the great city” is being interpreted in the Chazal cited here as identifying the prominent Assyrian urban center associated with Nineveh.

Type of Learning

Custom

What Is Learned

The phrase marks the principal city of the Assyrian complex.