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title: רְחֹבוֹת — Rehoboth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רְחֹבוֹת (7344), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Rehoboth. BDB 1906: pr. loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְחֹבוֹת

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«רְחֹבוֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Rehoboth** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 7344 · **BDB:** רְחֹבוֹת

### Glosses

Rehoboth (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Rehoboth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7344/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pr. loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7344/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. pr. loc. רְחֹבֹת עִיר near Nineveh Gn 10:11 (J), τῆν Ροωβως\[θ\] πόλιν; DlPa 261 cf. Assyrian rêbit Ninâ, but v. COT Gn 10:11. רְחֹבוֹת, name of well Gn 26:22 (J), Εὐρυχωρία (cf. interpr. v 22); Palmer Desert 296 f. identif. with er-Ruḥaibeh (in Wady R.) c. 45 m. SW. of Hebron, N. of lat. 31°. ר׳ הַנָּהָר, home of a king of Edom Gn 36:37 (P) = 1 Ch 1:48, Ροωβωθ τῆς παρὰ ποταμόν, Ρ. τοῦ ποταμοῦ (i.e. on Euphrates? here improb.; conj. in Di Holz WklGesch. Isr. i. 192).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְחֹבוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7344/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.37/)

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וַיָּ֖מָת שַׂמְלָ֑ה וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ תַּחְתָּ֔יו שָׁא֖וּל מֵרְחֹב֥וֹת הַנָּהָֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.died Samlah and he.reigned in place.of.him Shaul from Rehoboth the River

*JPS 1917:* And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead.

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[1 Chronicles 1:48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.48/)

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וַיָּ֖מָת שַׂמְלָ֑ה וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ תַּחְתָּ֔יו שָׁא֖וּל מֵרְחֹב֥וֹת הַנָּהָֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.died Samlah and he.reigned in place.of.him Shaul from Rehoboth the river

*JPS 1917:* And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead.

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