Rehoboth
re.cho.vot is a proper place-name used for a city, a well, and a location described as being on the River.
The term is used as a proper name for locations: a city built in Assyria, a well given this name, and the location on the River from which Saul came.
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Proper name for named locations · dominant
All four occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In Genesis 10:11 the APB renders a city among those built in Assyria as “Rehoboth city”; in Genesis 26:22 it renders the name given to a newly dug well as “Rehoboth.” In Genesis 36:37 and 1 Chronicles 1:48, the APB identifies Saul as coming from “Rehoboth on the River.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB preserves the name as “Rehoboth” in each setting, adding “city” in Genesis 10:11 and “on the River” in Genesis 36:37 and 1 Chronicles 1:48. These additions describe the verse's setting rather than separate renderings of the term.