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חֲוִילָה proper name, of a territory (√ dubious Dl
Pa 12 suggests 
חוֺל sand-land, downs, as Hebrew popular etymology, MV
11 give it as actual etymology; Sta
ThLZ Apr. 28, 1894, 235 compares this, as well as 
חוֺל sand, with Arabic 
 soft mud
 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 ff57ff. 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.
														
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