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רְחֹבוֺת proper name [of a location]
1.
רְחֹבֹת עִיר near Nineveh Gen 10:11 (
J
), τῆν Ροωβως[θ] πόλιν; DlPa 261 compare
Assyrian
rêbit Ninâ
, but see COT
Gen 10:11
.
2.
רְחֹבוֺת, name of well Gen 26:22 (
J
), Εὐρυχωρία (compare interpretation of Gen 26:22); PalmerDesert 296 f. identification with
er-Ruµaibeh (in Wady R.) approximately 45 miles southwest of Hebron, north of
latitude 31°.
3.
הַנָּהָר
׳
ר, home of a king of Edom Gen 36:37 (
P
) = 1Chr 1:48
, Ροωβωθ τῆς παρὰ ποταμόν, P. τοῦ ποταμοῦ (i.e. on Euphrates ? here improbable;
conjectures in Di
Holz
WklGeschichte. Israel i. 192).