hebrew #2341 - חֲוִילָה Chavilah
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Havilah Probably from chuwl; circular; Chavilah, the name of two or three eastern regions; also perhaps of two men -- Havilah. see HEBREW chuwl Englishman's Concordance Havilah=“circle” 1) a part of Eden through which flowed the river Pison (Araxes); was probably the Grecian Colchis, in the northeast corner of Asia Minor, near the Caspian Sea (noun proper locative) 2) a district in Arabia of the Ishmaelites named from the 2nd son of Cush; probably the district of Kualan, in the northwestern part of Yemen (noun proper locative) 3) a son of Cush (noun proper masculine) 4) a son of Joktan (noun proper masculine) Part of Speech: see above in Definition A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: probably from H2342 Same Word by TWOT Number: 622 Brown-Driver-Briggsחֲוִילָהproper name, of a territory (√ dubious DlPa 12 suggestsחוֺלsand-land, downs, as Hebrew popular etymology, MV11give it as actual etymology; StaThLZ Apr. 28, 1894, 235 compares this, as well as חוֺלsand, with Arabic  soft mud, [dampsand]) — אֶרֶץ הַחֲוִילָהGenesis 2:11 (surrounded or bordered — סבב — by river Pishon; noted for excellent gold, bdellium and shoham-stone); elsewhere without article חֲוִילָהGenesis 10:7=1 Chronicles 1:9 as a 'son' of Cush (between סְבָא and סַבְתָּה); but also as a 'son' of יָקְטָן, a descendant of Shem Genesis 10:29=1 Chronicles 1:23 (between אוֺפִיר and יוֺבָב); עַדשֿׁוּר׳מֵחGenesis 25:18 said of limits of Ishmaelitish territory; compare same limits of Amalek 1 Samuel 15:7 (but dubious; We reads טֵילָם, compare 1 Samuel 15:4 and see Dr; GlaserSkizze ii, 326 reads חֲכִילָה as 1 Samuel 23:19; 1 Samuel 26:1,3). — Most have supposed several regions named ׳ח to be indicated in these passages: — e.g. Thes.1. Arabian shore of Persian Gulf Genesis 10:29 etc. 2. Ethiopian coast Genesis 10:7 etc. 3. India Genesis 2:11 (regarded as indefinite extension of 1). DiGenesis 10:7 distinguishes 1 and 2 either as quite distinct, or as different settlements of one great people, and (on Genesis 2:14) thinks that ׳כל ארץ חGenesis 2:11 implies vague extension eastward. DlPa 12 ff.57ff. identification ׳ח in all passages with northeast part of Syrian desert, so EMeyGeschichte. Alterth. i. 224; GlaserSkizze ii. 323 ff. with central and northeast Arabia. The question is still undecided. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 2341. חֲוִילָה (Chavilah) — 7 OccurrencesGenesis 2:11 Genesis 10:7 Genesis 10:29 Genesis 25:18 1 Samuel 15:7 1 Chronicles 1:9 1 Chronicles 1:23 |