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rechob. A broad open space, as the courtyard, the space near the gate devoted to public business (), or before t he temple (; ). Particular trades gathered in certain quarters, as "the bakers' street" (). Chuts is a "narrow street" (; ) in contrast to the "broad street", rechob. Shuq like chuts is seemingly "the narrow street" distinguished from "the broad way," rechob, in . plateia and rumee, "the streets and lanes." But shuq etymology means "a place of concourse", and rume is applied to the "straight" street of Damascus ().