and a line of twelve cubits surrounded (i.e. would surround) it ( cf. קָו v 2 3), so Je 52:21 .
חִוִּי
S
2340
GK
2563
v.
sub
II.
חוה
.
•
חֲוִילָה
S
2341
TWOT
622
GK
2564
n.pr
.terr.
(
√ dub. Dl
Pa
12
suggests
חֹול
sand- land, dunes
, as
Heb.
popular etym.,
MV
11 give it as actual etym.;
Sta
ThLZ Apr. 28, 1894, 235
compares this, as well as
חֹול
sand
, with Arabic
وَحَلٌ
(
waḥalun
)
soft mud
,[
damp sand
]
)
—
אֶרֶץ הַחֲוִילָה
Gn 2:11
(surrounded or bordered—
סבב
—by river Pishon; noted for excellent gold, bdellium and
shoham
-stone); elsewhere without art.
חֲוִילָה
10:7
=
1 Ch 1:9
as a ‘son’ of Cush (between
סְבָא
and
סַבְתָּה
); but also as a ‘son’ of
יָקְטָן
, a descendant of Shem
Gn 10:29
=
1 Ch 1:23
(between
אֹופִיר
and
יֹובָב
);
מֵח׳ עַד־שׁוּר
Gn 25:18
said of limits of Ishmaelitish territory;
cf.
same limits of Amalek
1 S 15:7
(but
dub.
;
We
reads
טֵילָם
,
cf.
v
4
and
vid. D
r;
Glaser
Skizze ii, 326 reads
חֲכִילָה
as
23:19
;
26:1
,
3
).—Most have supposed several regions named
ח׳
to be indicated in these passages:—e.g.
Thes
1. Arabian shore of
Pers.
Gulf
Gn 10:29
etc. 2. Ethiopian coast
Gn 10:7
etc. 3. India
Gn 2:11
(regarded as
indef.
extension of 1).
Di
Gn 10:7
distinguishes 1 and 2 either as quite distinct, or as different settlements of one great people, and (on
Gn 2:14
) thinks that
כל ארץ ח׳
Gn 2:11
implies vague extension eastward.
Dl
Pa 12 ff. 57 ff.
identif.
ח׳
in all passages with NE. part of Syrian desert, so E. Meyer
Gesch. Alterth. i. 224
;
Glaser
Skizze ii. 323 ff.
with central and NE. Arabia. The question is still undecided.
im.
כיולדה
;
cf.
v
9),
Je 4:31
.
b.
fig
.,
be in severe pain
, or
anguish
(mostly poet. and elevated prose),
sq.
מפני
Dt 2:25
(
||
רגז
,
cf.
also
פַּחַד
and
יִרְאָה
v
a);
Ez 30:16 Je 5:22
(
||
ירא
);
sq.
מִלִּפְנֵי
1 Ch 16:30
ψ 114:7
;
abs.
ψ 55:5
(
||
אימות מָוֶת נפלו עלי
),
Je 4:19
K
t,
ψ 77:17
(
||
רגז
)
97:4 Is 13:
8;
23:5 Je 51:29
(
||
רָעַשׁ
),
Jo 2:6
ThLZ
Theol. Literaturzeitung.
Glaser
E. Glaser,
skizze der Geschichte u. Geographie arabiens
.
Pers.
Persian.
indef.
indefinite.
sim.
simile.
cf.
confer
, compare.
v
verse.
fig.
figurative.
sq.
followed by.
||
parallel, of words (synonymous or contrasted); also of passages; sometimes = see parallel, or see also parallel.
abs.
absolute.
Kt K ethibh .