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title: רְחֹב — Rehob · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רְחֹב (lemma:רְחֹב), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Rehob. BDB 1906: n.pr. loc.:. 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: **Rehob** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** lemma:רְחֹב · **BDB:** רְחוֹב²

### Glosses

Rehob (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Rehob [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5d7_5b9_5d1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. loc.: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5d7_5b9_5d1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. Πααβ, Ποωβ, etc.: (cf. LagBN 56 f.) loc.: towards Hamath, רְחוֹב 2 S 10:8 (𝔊L Βαιθρααβ), רְחֹב Nu 13:21 (P); = בֵּית ר׳ q.v. p. 112 (also 𝔊 1 S 14:47 Βαιθεωρ, 𝔊L Βαιθροωβι). רְחֹב in Asher: (1) Jos 19:28 (P); (2) \[perhaps = (1)\], v 30 (P), Ju 1:31, Levit. city Jos 21:31 (P) = 1 Ch 6:60; Egypt. Raḥubu, N. of Kishon, WMMAs. u. Eur. 153. m.: Aramaic name, רְחֹב 2 S 8:3, 12. post-exilic Levite, רְחוֹב Ne 10:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 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/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5d7_5b9_5d1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 19:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.19.28/)

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וְעֶבְרֹ֥ן וּרְחֹ֖ב וְחַמּ֣וֹן וְקָנָ֑ה עַ֖ד צִיד֥וֹן רַבָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and Ebron and Rehob and Hammon and Kanah to Sidon great

*JPS 1917:* and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon.

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[Joshua 19:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.19.30/)

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וְעֻמָ֥ה וַאֲפֵ֖ק וּרְחֹ֑ב עָרִ֛ים עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* and Umah and Aphek and Rehob cities twenty and two and villages their

*JPS 1917:* Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob; twenty and two cities with their villages.

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