רְחֹב

I. רְחוֺב noun feminine^{Dan 9,25} [not masculine Zak 8,5 Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 51} compare Ges^{«GKC:145p»§ 145 p, t, u}] broad open place, plaza (Lag^{BN 178} Ba^{NB 142}); — ׳ר absolute 1 Mos 19,2 +, construct Dom 19,17 +, רְחֹב vDom 19,15; 2 Sam 21,12 suffix רְחֹבָהּ 5 Mos 13,17; Sl 55,12 plural absolute רְחֹבוֺת Amos 5,16 +, construct id. Zak 8,4 + (see also רְחֹבוֺת proper name, below); suffix רְחֹבֹתֶיהָ Es 15,3 +, etc.; — broad open place in city (usually near gate, Neh 8,1; Neh 8,3; Neh 8,16 (twice in verse); 2 Kron 32,6; Job 29,7 || חוּץ Jer 5,1 + 8 t., דֶּרֶךְ Ord 26,13, שְׁוָקִים Hoj 3,2), for various private and public uses 1 Mos 19,2 (J), Dom 19,15; Dom 19,17; Dom 19,20; 5 Mos 13,17; 2 Sam 21,12; Jer 5,1; Ezk 16,24; Ezk 16,31; Neh 8,16 (twice in verse); Es 59,14; Sl 55,12; Job 29,7, essential part of city Dan 9,25 for lamentations Amos 5,16; Es 15,3; Jer 48,38, הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי שַׁעַר הַמֶּלֶךְ ׳ר Est 4,6 (compare vEst 4,1f.), compare Jer 9,20; Jer 49,26; Jer 50,30; Sl 144,14, assemblies 2 Kron 29,4; 2 Kron 32,6; Ezr 10,9 (׳בֵּית הָא ׳ר), Neh 8,1; Neh 8,3, proclamations Est 6,9; Est 6,11, speeches Ord 1,20 social life Zak 8,4; Zak 8,5 (twice in verse); Klg 4,18; Ord 5,16; Ord 7,12, compare Ord 22,13; Ord 26,13, Hoj 3,3 ׳ר in Nah 2,5 is apparently outside city (compare Assyrian rêbit Ninâ, etc.).