who said to who?
"וַיֹּאמֶר... הִנֵּנִי."
“He said… Here I am.”
Avraham to Hashem
Arvydas Sabonis
Lithuania
JOB • NUMBERS • JUDGES • KINGS
Books of Tanach
This invisible line circles the globe halfway between the poles, dividing Earth into northern and southern hemispheres.
The Equator
Rabbi Meir
Tanna
"וַיֹּאמֶר... אַל־תִּשְׁפְּכוּ דָם, הַשְׁלִיכוּ אֹתוֹ אֶל הַבּוֹר הַזֶּה."
“He said… Do not shed blood; cast him into this pit instead.”
Reuven to his brothers
Deandre Ayton
Bahamas
FOXTROT • NOVEMBER • SIERRA • INDIA
NATO phonetic alphabet words
This line, named for an English astronomer, runs through Greenwich and marks 0° longitude.
Prime Meridian
Rav yochanan
Amora
"וַתֹּאמֶר... הִנֵּה אָחִיךָ מִתְנַחֵם לְהָרְגֶךָ."
“She said… Behold, your brother comforts himself with thoughts of killing you.”
Rivkah to Yaakov
Goran Dragić
Slovenia
SPHERE • DIVERSITY • METRIC • HAZARD
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In 1916, this secret British–French agreement carved up the Ottoman Empire’s Middle Eastern lands into spheres of influence for two colonial powers.
France and England
Ibn Ezra
Rishon
"וַיֹּאמֶר... הַבָּנוֹת בְּנוֹתַי וְהַבָּנִים בָּנַי וְהַצֹּאן צֹאנִי."
“He said… The daughters are my daughters, the sons are my sons, and the flocks are my flocks.”
Lavan to Yaakov
Al Horford
Dominican Republic
BOW • LEAD • TEAR • WIND
Heteronyms (different pronunciations/meanings)
The 38th Parallel splits this peninsula into two countries- a left over from the Cold War- and still a source of tension today
Korea
Chida (Chaim Yosef David Azulai)
Acharon
"וַיֹּאמֶר... מַה־זֹּאת עָשִׂיתָ לִּי? לָמָּה לֹא הִגַּדְתָּ לִי כִּי אִשְׁתְּךָ הִוא?"
“He said… What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me she is your wife?”
Pharoah to Avraham
Serge Ibaka
What is the Republic of the Congo?
JACK • BIRD • MAIL • OUT
Follows "Black"
The Treaty of Torsedillas 1494 papal decree drew an imaginary line down the Atlantic Ocean, giving all newly discovered lands west of it to one nation and east of it to the other.
Spain and Portugal
Rav Hai
Gaon