re.chov denotes an urban public space, used for city thoroughfares, open areas, and places where people gather or pass through.

The occurrences portray an urban public space: a place by gates, within a city, or across its open thoroughfares where people gather, travel, lodge, mourn, proclaim, or are seen. The singular and plural forms occur in these same spatial settings without establishing separate lexical senses.

1. Urban public thoroughfare or open gathering area · dominant

   The term identifies accessible city space in several concrete settings: in Nehemiah 8:1 the people gather before the Water Gate, while in Esther 6:11 Mordecai is led through the city during a public proclamation. It also names places of movement and public exposure: Judges 19:15 depicts travelers lodging in the city space, and Lamentations 2:11 depicts children fainting there.

   Nehemiah 8:1Esther 6:11Judges 19:15Lamentations 2:11Proverbs 1:20Zechariah 8:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously renders the setting as “street,” “square,” “plaza,” “open area,” and “public square.” These variations are best read as presentations of the verses' urban public setting rather than as distinct meanings of the lemma.