Rehovot
/reχoˈvot/noun
Rehovot is a city in central Israel, south of Tel Aviv.
Did you know?The name echoes Rehoboth in Genesis, where Isaac said, “Now the Lord has given us room,” linking the place to prosperity after conflict.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*raḥab
“To be wide, spacious, or make room”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
רָחָב (rāḥāv)
“Broad, wide, or spacious”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
רְחוֹב (reḥov)
“An open space, square, or street”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
רְחֹבוֹת (Reḥovot)
“Broad places or spacious places; also a biblical place-name”
1890
Modern Hebrew
רחובות (Rehovot)
“Name given to the newly founded Jewish agricultural settlement in Palestine, invoking the biblical “broad places””
Modern English
English
Rehovot
“The modern Israeli city of Rehovot”