I. רְחוֺב noun feminine[Dan 9:25] [not masculine [Zech 8:5] AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 51 compare Ges«GKC:145p»§ 145 p, t, u] broad open place, plaza (LagBN 178 BaNB 142); — ׳ר absolute [Gen 19:2] +, construct [Judg 19:17] +, רְחֹב v[Judg 19:15]; [2Sam 21:12] suffix רְחֹבָהּ [Deut 13:17]; [Ps 55:12] plural absolute רְחֹבוֺת [Amos 5:16] +, construct id. [Zech 8:4] + (see also רְחֹבוֺת proper name, below); suffix רְחֹבֹתֶיהָ [Isa 15:3] +, etc.; — broad open place in city (usually near gate, [Neh 8:1]; [Neh 8:3]; [Neh 8:16] (twice in verse); [2Chr 32:6]; [Job 29:7] || חוּץ [Jer 5:1] + 8 t., דֶּרֶךְ [Prov 26:13], שְׁוָקִים [Song 3:2]), for various private and public uses [Gen 19:2] (J), [Judg 19:15]; [Judg 19:17]; [Judg 19:20]; [Deut 13:17]; [2Sam 21:12]; [Jer 5:1]; [Ezek 16:24]; [Ezek 16:31]; [Neh 8:16] (twice in verse); [Isa 59:14]; [Ps 55:12]; [Job 29:7], essential part of city [Dan 9:25] for lamentations [Amos 5:16]; [Isa 15:3]; [Jer 48:38], הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי שַׁעַר הַמֶּלֶךְ ׳ר [Esth 4:6] (compare v[Esth 4:1]f.), compare [Jer 9:20]; [Jer 49:26]; [Jer 50:30]; [Ps 144:14], assemblies [2Chr 29:4]; [2Chr 32:6]; [Ezra 10:9] (׳בֵּית הָא ׳ר), [Neh 8:1]; [Neh 8:3], proclamations [Esth 6:9]; [Esth 6:11], speeches [Prov 1:20] social life [Zech 8:4]; [Zech 8:5] (twice in verse); [Lam 4:18]; [Prov 5:16]; [Prov 7:12], compare [Prov 22:13]; [Prov 26:13], [Song 3:3] ׳ר in [Nah 2:5] is apparently outside city (compare Assyrian rêbit Ninâ, etc.).
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