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title: רְחֹב — broad open place · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רְחֹב (7339), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 43 times: broad open place. BDB 1906: n.f. broad open place, plaza. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְחֹב

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«רְחֹב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **broad open place** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 43 times · **Key:** 7339 · **BDB:** רְחוֹב

### Glosses

its.open (6); places (6); the.open.place (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

broad open place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7339/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. broad open place, plaza [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7339/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Dn 9:25 \[not m. Zc 8:5 AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 51 cf. Ges§ 145 p, t, u\] broad open place, plaza (LagBN 178 BaNB 142);—ר׳ abs. Gn 19:2 +, cstr. Ju 19:17 +, רְחֹב v 15; 2 S 21:12; sf. רְחֹבָהּ Dt 13:17 ψ 55:12; pl. abs. רְחֹבוֹת Am 5:16 +, cstr. id. Zc 8:4 + (v. also רְחֹבוֹת n.pr., infr.); sf. רְחֹבֹתֶיהָ Is 15:3 +, etc.;—broad open place in city (usually near gate, Ne 8:1, 3, 16(×2); 2 Ch 32:6; Jb 29:7; ‖ חוּץ Je 5:1 + 8 times, דֶּרֶךְ Pr 26:13, שְׁוָקִים Ct 3:2), for various private and public uses Gn 19:2 (J), Ju 19:15, 17, 20; Dt 13:17; 2 S 21:12; Je 5:1; Ez 16:24, 31; Ne 8:16(×2); Is 59:14 ψ 55:12; Jb 29:7, essential part of city Dn 9:25; for lamentations Am 5:16; Is 15:3; Je 48:38, ר׳ הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי שַׁעַר הַמֶּלֶךְ Est 4:6 (cf. v 1 f.), cf. Je 9:20; 49:26; 50:30; La 2:11, 12, ψ 144:14, assemblies 2 Ch 29:4; 32:6; Ezr 10:9 (ר׳ בֵּית הָא׳), Ne 8:1, 3, proclamations Est 6:9, 11, speeches Pr 1:20; social life Zc 8:4, 5(×2); La 4:18; Pr 5:16; 7:12, cf. 22:13; 26:13, Ct 3:2; ר׳ in Na 2:5 is appar. outside city (cf. Assyrian rêbit Ninâ, etc.).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 41 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְחֹב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7339/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 5:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.16/)

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יָפ֣וּצוּ מַעְיְנֹתֶ֣יךָ ח֑וּצָה בָּ֝רְחֹב֗וֹת פַּלְגֵי־מָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* will.they.overflow? springs your outside to.\[the\] in the.open places streams of.water

*JPS 1917:* Let thy springs be dispersed abroad, and courses of water in the streets.

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[Proverbs 22:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.13/)

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אָמַ֣ר עָ֭צֵל אֲרִ֣י בַח֑וּץ בְּת֥וֹךְ רְ֝חֹב֗וֹת אֵֽרָצֵֽחַ׃

*Word for word:* he.says a.sluggard a.lion \[is\].in the street in.\[the\] midst of.\[the\].open.places I.will.be.killed

*JPS 1917:* The sluggard saith: 'There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.'

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