ḥawrān חַוְרָן ‘Hauran’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
apparently from ḥāwar חָוַר ‘to pale’ ( in the sense of ḥur חֻר ‘cavern’ )
Roots:
חרר
חור חור
ḥawrān pr n loc
Hauran = "caverns"
1) a province of Palestine east of the Sea of Galilee; exact region uncertain but probably on the borders of the desert in the tetrarchy of Philip