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ḥăwīlā חֲוִילָה ‘Havilah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: probably from ḥūl חוּל ‘to twist / be firm’
Roots: חול חיל

ḥăwīlā pr n loc + pr n m pers
Havilah = "circle"
n pr loc
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
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
n pr m
3) a son of Cush
4) a son of Joktan

Mentioned in Genesis 10:29, 25:18, 2:11, 10:7 1 Samuel 15:7 1 Chronicles 1:23, 1:9

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