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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - חֲוִילָה
חֲוִילָה
H2341
Transliteration: Chăvîylâh
Pronunciation: khav-ee-law'
Definition: Havilah
Original: חוילה Transliteration: chăvı̂ylâh Phonetic: khav-ee-law'
BDB Definition:
Havilah = "circle"- 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 (noun proper locative)
- 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 (noun proper locative)
- a son of Cush (noun proper masculine)
- a son of Joktan (noun proper masculine)