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I. רְחוֺב noun feminine ^{Dan 9:25} [not masculine Zech 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 Gen 19:2 +, construct Judg 19:17 +, רְחֹב 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 4:1f.), 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.).