Probably of foreign origin; Ahava, a river of Babylonia -- Ahava.
Englishman's Concordance
Ahava=“I shall subsist” 1) town or area in Babylonia Part of Speech: noun proper locative A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: probably of foreign origin
Brown-Driver-Briggs
אַהֲוָאproper name, of a locationtown or district in Babylonia, by which a stream is designated Ezra 8:15,31, also the stream Ezra 8:21 (׳הנהו א), Ezra 8:31 (׳נְהַר א).
Ezra 8:15 HEB:הַבָּ֣א אֶֽל־ אַהֲוָ֔א וַנַּחֲנֶ֥ה שָׁ֖ם NAS: that runs to Ahava, where KJV: that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents INT: runs to Ahava camped where
Ezra 8:21 HEB:עַל־ הַנָּהָ֣ר אַהֲוָ֔א לְהִתְעַנּ֖וֹת לִפְנֵ֣י NAS: at the river of Ahava, that we might humble KJV: there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict INT: at the river of Ahava humble before
Ezra 8:31 HEB:וַֽנִּסְעָ֞ה מִנְּהַ֣ר אַֽהֲוָ֗א בִּשְׁנֵ֤ים עָשָׂר֙ NAS: from the river Ahava on the twelfth KJV: from the river of Ahava on the twelfth INT: journeyed the river Ahava both ten
