Noach 10:7 · unit 1

TT #65 · Parashas Noach · Sixth Aliyah · Passuk 10:7

The Complete Passuk

וּבְנֵ֣י כ֔וּשׁ סְבָא֙ וַחֲוִילָ֔ה וְסַבְתָּ֥ה וְרַעְמָ֖ה וְסַבְתְּכָ֑א וּבְנֵ֥י רַעְמָ֖ה שְׁבָ֥א וּדְדָֽן׃

The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

Chabad.org — 10:7

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Rav Yosef (Yoma 10a) on the two Sabtahs.

Sefaria — Yoma 10a

E-Daf image — Yoma 10a (size=3)

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְסַבְתָּה וְרַעְמָה וְסַבְתְּכָא — תָּנָא רַב יוֹסֵף: פְּקִיסְתָּן גַּוָּיְיתָא וּפְקִיסְתָּן בָּרָיְיתָא, בֵּין חֲדָא לְחַדָא מֵאָה פַּרְסֵי…

English: “Sabtah… and Sabteca” — Rav Yosef taught: the inner district and the outer district; between one and the other is a hundred parasangs…

Type of Learning

Custom (geographic identification of similar names).

What Is Learned

The two similarly named places are distinguished as an inner and an outer district separated by a great distance.