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.