massive walls. It retains its ancient name. It was known by the Greeks and
Romans as “Auranitis.”
- HAVEN a harbour (Psalm 107:30; Acts 27: 12). The most famous on the
coast of Palestine was that of Tyre (Ezekiel 27:3). That of Crete, called
“Fair Havens,” is mentioned Acts 27:8. - HAVILAH the sand region. (1.) A land mentioned in Genesis 2:11 rich in
gold and bdellium and onyx stone. The question as to the locality of this
region has given rise to a great diversity of opinion. It may perhaps be
identified with the sandy tract which skirts Babylonia along the whole of
its western border, stretching from the lower Euphrates to the mountains
of Edom.
(2.) A district in Arabia-Felix. It is uncertain whether the tribe gave its
name to this region or derived its name from it, and whether it was
originally a Cushite (Genesis 10:7) or a Joktanite tribe (10:29; comp.
25:18), or whether there were both a Cushite and a Joktanite Havilah. It is
the opinion of Kalisch, however, that Havilah “in both instances
designates the same country, extending at least from the Persian to the
Arabian Gulf, and on account of its vast extent easily divided into two
distinct parts.” This opinion may be well vindicated.
(3.) One of the sons of Cush (Genesis 10:7).
(4.) A son of Joktan (Genesis 10:29; 1 Chronicles 1:23).
- HAVOTH-JAIR hamlets of the enlightener a district in the east of Jordan.
(1.) Jair, the son of Manasseh, took some villages of Gilead and called
them by this name (Numbers 32:41).
(2.) Again, it is said that Jair “took all the tract of Argob,” and called it
Bashanhavoth-jair (Deuteronomy 3:14). (See also Joshua 13:30; 1 Kings
4:13; 1 Chronicles 2:22, 23.)
- HAWK (Hebrews netz, a word expressive of strong and rapid flight, and
hence appropriate to the hawk). It is an unclean bird (Leviticus 11:16;
Deuteronomy 14:15). It is common in Syria and surrounding countries.
The Hebrew word includes various species of Falconidae, with special
reference perhaps to the kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), the hobby
(Hypotriorchis subbuteo), and the lesser kestrel (Tin, Cenchris). The
kestrel remains all the year in Palestine, but some ten or twelve other