רחוב

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רחוב

/rəˈħoːv/
/ʁeˈχov/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Derived from the root רָחַב (rakháv, “to be wide, broad”), since it stood out in a town by being more open and wide. With the advent of Modern Hebrew the word experienced a semantic shift to "street".

noun רְחוֹב · rekhóv · רְחוֹבוֹת · רְחוֹב־ · רְחוֹבוֹת־

Modern Israeli street
Biblical open square, market (an open place in a town where trials and markets were held) וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֶּה נָּא־אֲדֹנַי סוּרוּ נָא אֶל־בֵּית עַבְדְּכֶם וְלִינוּ וְרַחֲצוּ רַגְלֵיכֶם וְהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּם וַהֲלַכְתֶּם לְדַרְכְּכֶם וַיֹּאמְרוּ לֹּא כִּי בָרְחוֹב נָלִין׃

In English

street paved part of road in a village or a town

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {רחוב},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A8%D7%97%D7%95%D7%91},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}