רחוב

Etymology
From the root which bears the meaning "wide, spacious". A Biblical word that has been borrowed into Modern Hebrew with semantic shift - while in the Bible it means an open square within the city, in Modern Hebrew it denotes "street", based on interpretations that are reflected also in KJV (but not in the recent NIV).

Pronunciation

 * (reconstruction per Tiberian vocalization)
 * (reconstruction per Tiberian vocalization)

Noun

 * 1)  street
 * 2)  open square, plaza (e.g. 2 Chronicles, 32:6; Ezra, 10:9)

Usage notes
The meaning “open square” is never used in Modern Hebrew, not even as a borrowing in literature or flowery expressions. Instead, the words and  are used in all contemporary contexts and registers. In the Hebrew Bible the word (=“outside”) is used for “street”. This usage survived in Modern Hebrew only in its plural form.