Noach 10:2 · unit 1

TT #64 · Parashas Noach · Sixth Aliyah · Passuk 10:2

The Complete Passuk

בְּנֵ֣י יֶ֔פֶת גֹּ֣מֶר וּמָג֔וֹג וּמָדַ֖י וְיָוָ֣ן וְתֻבָ֑ל וּמֶ֥שֶׁךְ וְתִירָֽס׃

The sons of Yefet: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Yavan, Tuval, Meshech, and Tiras.

Torah Temimah identifies Gomer with Germania (Yoma 10a / Yerushalmi).

Core Text

גֹּמֶר — זוֹ גַּרְמַמְיָא.

English: “Gomer” — this is Germania.

Custom (identification of biblical names with known lands).

Gomer corresponds to the land of Germania in the rabbinic geographic tradition.