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REHOBOTH-IR

(Heb. rĕḥōḇōṯ ʿîr)

One of the four cities that Nimrod built in Assyria (Gen. 10:11). Although Nineveh and Calah are well known, Resin and Rehoboth-ir have not been easily explained. Rehoboth-ir seems best explained by Akk. rêbīt āli, a generic term meaning “the public square of a city.” In the context of Gen. 11, , the term is thus connected to Nineveh, meaning “the public square of the city of Nineveh.” Nineveh had a large square complex that was enlarged by Sennacherib in the late 8th century b.c.e.

Bibliography. J. M. Sasson, “Reḥōvōt-ʾÎr,” RB 90 (1983): 94-96.

Mark W. Chavalas






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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