Noach 11:1 · unit 1

TT #75 · Parashas Noach · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 11:1

The Complete Passuk

וַֽיְהִ֥י כׇל־הָאָ֖רֶץ שָׂפָ֣ה אֶחָ֑ת וּדְבָרִ֖ים אֲחָדִֽים׃

The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

Chabad.org — 11:1

Source Citation

Torah Temimah treats the unity of language before the dispersion (Sanhedrin 109a).

Sefaria — Sanhedrin 109a · E-Daf — Sanhedrin 109a

Chazal

שָׂפָה אֶחָת — לְשׁוֹן הַקֹּדֶשׁ הָיְתָה.

“One language” — it was the Holy Tongue (Hebrew).

On the daf / in context: Sanhedrin uses the description of one language before the dispersion to identify the common language as the Holy Tongue.

Type of Learning

Custom

What Is Learned

Before the dispersion the entire world spoke the Holy Tongue.