Noach 10:12 · unit 2

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

The Complete Passuk

…הִ֖וא הָעִ֥יר הַגְּדֹלָֽה׃

…that is the great city.

Torah Temimah notes the designation “the great city.”

Core Text

הִיא הָעִיר הַגְּדֹלָה — רֶסֶן / נִינְוֵה נִקְרֵאת הָעִיר הַגְּדֹלָה.

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

Custom

The phrase marks the principal city of the Assyrian complex.