Street — Spatial Boundary Terms¶

Overview¶

Hebrew has a cluster of words for spaces outside defined boundaries — the camp, a city, a building. These terms work together to express the inside/outside binary that pervades Israelite cultic law, prophetic judgment oracles, and wisdom literature.

Word Group Members¶

Strong's	Word	Transliteration	POS	Occurrences	Role in Concept	Library Entry
H2351	חוּץ	chuwts	noun	158	Core term: "outside, without, street" — the general exterior	H2351-chuwts.md
H4264	מַחֲנֶה	machaneh	noun	190	The enclosed space: "camp" — defines what chuwts is outside of	H4264-machaneh.md
H5892	עִיר	iyr	noun	935	The urban space: "city" — defines the settlement boundary	TODO(need H5892 study)
H7339	רְחֹב	rechob	noun	41	The broad plaza: "broad place, street" — open space within or at city gate	TODO(need H7339 study)
H7784	שׁוּק	shuq	noun	4	The market lane: "street" — narrow commercial passage	TODO(need H7784 study)
H2435	חִיצוֹן	chiytsown	adj	24	Derived adjective: "outer, external" — architectural qualifier	TODO(need H2435 study)

Relationships¶

Shared Roots¶

chuwts (H2351) and chiytsown (H2435) — both from the same root meaning "to sever/separate by a wall"

Co-occurrence (appear in same verses)¶

Word A	Word B	Shared Verses	Typical Context
chuwts (H2351)	machaneh (H4264)	29	"without the camp" — cultic exclusion formula
chuwts (H2351)	iyr (H5892)	27	"without the city" / "streets of the city"
iyr (H5892)	rechob (H7339)	10	"the broad place of the city" — public assembly area
chuwts (H2351)	rechob (H7339)	9	"without... in the streets" — paired public-space terms
machaneh (H4264)	iyr (H5892)	9	camp-city parallel in military/settlement contexts
chuwts (H2351)	chiytsown (H2435)	2	root-cognate co-occurrence in temple architecture

LXX Overlaps¶

Hebrew Words	Shared Greek	Notes
chuwts + machaneh	both → ἔξω (exo) G1854	exo renders chuwts 65x and machaneh 28x; Greek uses one spatial adverb where Hebrew distinguishes the boundary (chuwts) from the bounded space (machaneh)
chuwts + rechob	both → πλατύς (platys) G4116	platys renders rechob 30x and chuwts 13x; the "broad/street" sense overlaps in Greek
iyr	πόλις (polis) G4172	polis renders iyr 858x; distinct from exo but polis also absorbs rechob 10x

Roles in the Concept¶

Boundary marker: chuwts (חוּץ) — the general exterior; defines "outside" relative to any enclosed space
Primary enclosed space (cultic): machaneh (מַחֲנֶה) — the camp; what is "within" in wilderness legislation
Primary enclosed space (settled): iyr (עִיר) — the city; what is "within" in post-settlement contexts
Public interior space (wide): rechob (רְחֹב) — the broad plaza at or inside the gate
Public interior space (narrow): shuq (שׁוּק) — the market lane/street
Architectural qualifier: chiytsown (חִיצוֹן) — "outer" as adjective for courts, walls, gates

Key Passages Where Multiple Group Words Appear Together¶

Song 3:2 — iyr + rechob + shuq: "I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets and in the broad ways"
Prov 1:20 — chuwts + rechob: "Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets"
Exo 29:14 — chuwts + machaneh: "But the flesh of the bullock... shalt thou burn with fire without the camp"
Deut 13:16 — iyr + rechob: "And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof"

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