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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

Mentioned in Ezekiel 47:16, 47:18

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