Original Word: חֲוִילָה
Part of Speech: proper name, of a territory
Transliteration: Chaviylah
Pronunciation: khav-ee-law'
Phonetic Spelling: (khav-ee-law')
KJV: Havilah
NASB: Havilah
Word Origin: [probably from H2342 (חוּל חִיל - To twist)]

1. circular
2. Chavilah, the name of two or three eastern regions
3. also perhaps of two men

Havilah

Probably from chuwl; circular; Chavilah, the name of two or three eastern regions; also perhaps of two men -- Havilah.

see HEBREW chuwl

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
a son of Cush, also a son of Joktan, also territories of unc. location
NASB Translation
Havilah (7).

חֲוִילָה proper name, of a territory (√ dubious Dl^{Pa 12 suggests} חוֺל sand-land, downs, as Hebrew popular etymology, MV^{11give it as actual etymology}; Sta^{ThLZ Apr. 28, 1894, 235} compares this, as well as חוֺל sand, with Arabic soft mud, [dampsand]) — אֶרֶץ הַחֲוִילָה Genesis 2:11 (surrounded or bordered — סבב — by river Pishon; noted for excellent gold, bdellium and shoham-stone); elsewhere without article חֲוִילָה Genesis 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 ׳מֵח Genesis 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; Glaser^{Skizze 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). Di^{Genesis 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 ח Genesis 2:11 implies vague extension eastward. Dl^{Pa 12 ff.}57ff. identification ׳ח in all passages with northeast part of Syrian desert, so EMey^{Geschichte. Alterth. i. 224}; Glaser^{Skizze ii. 323 ff.} with central and northeast Arabia. The question is still undecided.

הַֽחֲוִילָ֔ה החוילה וַֽחֲוִילָ֔ה וַחֲוִילָ֔ה וחוילה חֲוִילָ֖ה חוילה מֵֽחֲוִילָ֜ה מֵֽחֲוִילָה֙ מחוילה chaviLah ha·ḥă·wî·lāh ḥă·wî·lāh hachaviLah haḥăwîlāh ḥăwîlāh mê·ḥă·wî·lāh mechaviLah mêḥăwîlāh vachaviLah wa·ḥă·wî·lāh waḥăwîlāhInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts