Noach - Places & Animals

‫פרשת חי וצומח‬ In the Parsha Noach Plants Animals Compiled from: Cypress

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The Hebrew term gopher in Genesis 6:14 is considered some translators to be a reference to a cypress. ‫ גפר‬by Some scholars dispute this and suggest instead that the term is a reference to a species of pine(Arbarbanel); a species of cedar (R.H. 23a); or merely a reference to "squared wood" (Saaia Gaon). The term appears in the text in which G-d instructs Noah as to the manner in which he is to build the ark. This conifer has a tall columnar shape. Habitat: Gilead, Galilee, Edom and the Judaean mountains.

Akkad

Ararat

‫אררט‬

Babylon (Bavel)

‫בבל‬ Calach

‫כלח‬ Calneh

‫כלנה‬ Erekh

‫ארך‬

A city in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) mentioned in Genesis 10:10 as part of the kingdom of Nimrod. The term 'Akkadian' is often used for the language common to Babylonia and Assyria which was widely used as a diplomatic language in the ancient Near East. The Hebrew form of the Assyrian Urartu, a kingdom in the north of modern-day Armenia. The traditional landing-place of Noah's Ark was Mount Ararat, which is situated on the right bank of the Araxes river. The summit of Ararat (called by the Persians 'the mountain of Noah') is approximately 17,000 ft (518,160 km) above sea-level. The capital of Babylonia was founded by King Nimrod in the land of Shinar. Located on the river Euphrates (50 m/80 km south of Baghdad, Iraq), it became the centre of Babylonian civilisation, religion, and political life. In Genesis 10:10 it is called Bavel, 'Gate of G-d'. The history of the building of the tower of Babel is described in Genesis 11:1-11. Calach (sometimes spelt Calah) is mentioned in Genesis 10:11 as having been founded by Asshur. Rabbinic sources make several attempts to identify it: Perhaps, the city of Nimrud in modern Iraq, a few miles south of Ninveh A city in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) mentioned in Genesis 10:10 as part of the kingdom of Nimrod. Identified as Nofar-Ninfi (Yoma 10a) Also spelt Erech. This Mesopotamian city is mentioned at Genesis 10:10 as part of the kingdom of Nimrod. It is situated in modern Iraq. In the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh it is mentioned, under the name of Uruk, as the seat of Gilgamesh's kingdom. Midrash identifies as Charan.

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‫פרשת חי וצומח‬ Charan

‫חרן‬

Gaza, Gazza

‫עזה‬ Lasha

‫לשע‬ Meshah

‫משא‬ Moab, Moabites

‫מואב‬

Nineveh

‫ננוה‬ Rechovoth Ir

‫רחבת עיר‬ Resen

‫רסן‬ Sepher

‫ספר‬ Shinar

‫שנער‬

A city in north-west Mesopotamia (now Altinbashak, near Urfa in modern Turkey) situated on a tributary of the Euphrates river. Terach and Abraham settled in Charan after leaving Ur Casdim (Genesis 11:31) about 600 miles. Charan was home to Isaac's bride Rebecca.Jacob fled to Charan to escape the wrath of Esau (Genesis 29:4) and married Laban's daughters Rachel and Leah. All of Jacob's children with the exception of Benjamin were born in Charan (Genesis 29:32-32:24). Known in classical times as Carrhae, it later became the headquarters of the Sabbean religion described by Maimonides. A city in Canaan, mentioned in Genesis 10:19 as the southern border of the Promised Land. Gerar, a town in Gaza, was later one of the principal cities of the Philistines (Genesis 20:2). The Avvim, said to have been a Canaanite tribe related to the Rephaim, lived there (Deuteronomy 2:23). The furthest limit of the territory of Canaan traveling inward from the Mediterranean Sea(Genesis 10:19): possibly Callirohoe near the southeastern shore of the Dead Sea, a resort city. The outer limit of the sons of Yoktan(Genesis 10:30).. Some scholars identify Meshah with a city in northern Arabia (perhaps Mecca), and some rabbinical sources suggest its location to be either in Yemen, or at the mouth of the Tigris river where it joins the Persian Gulf 1. The area from Gilead and the Red Sea, lying between the tribal areas of Ammon and Edom. It occupies the southern part of modern-day Jordan. The Israelites passed through the territory of Moab during the latter part of the forty years of the Exodus from Egypt, but did not fight the Moabites, as instructed by G-d (Deuteronomy 2:9). A City of Moab is mentioned at Numbers 22:36 as the place where Balak met Balaam. 2. Son of Lot by his incestuous union with his elder daughter. Said to be the ancestor of the Moabites, an ancient tribe living east of the Jordan river (Genesis 19:37) and may have been identified in Numbers 24:17-18 by Balaam as the descendants of Seth, the third son of Adam and Eve. Like the Ammonites and the Edomites, they were not among the pre-Israelites who lived in the land of Canaan (Genesis 10:15-20). A city in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) mentioned in Genesis 10:11 as founded by Asshur. It is mentioned in later Biblical books (eg Jonah) as the capital of Assyria. A place in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) mentioned in Genesis 10:11 as founded by Asshur. Its exact location is uncertain but it may have been a suburb of Nineveh. Literally, the broad places (streets) of the city. A city in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) mentioned in Genesis 10:12 as having been founded by Asshur. Its site is uncertain but it was probably near Nineveh. A mountain delineating the eastern outer limit of the territory of the sons of Yoktan (Genesis 10:30). Some scholars believe it to be in southern Arabia. A country mentioned in Genesis 10:10 as the kingdom of Nimrod, this is another name for ancient Babylonia (southern Iraq).

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