BDB2649

חַוְרָן proper name [of a territory] (meaning unknown; conjectures are: — black-land (as basaltic region); supported by [untranscribed source text 1690] black, dialect of Yemen, Maltzan^{ZMG 1874, 230, and tokens of immigration} from Yemen into Haurân, Wetzst in De ^{Job 2:598; ZKW 1884, 120} ; land of caves, Thes Hi-Sm, Porter^{Dict. Bib., and} hollow, GASm^{Geogr. 552}, who compare Hebrew הור hole; but this probably from III. חרר, and Arabic [untranscribed source text 1691], hollow, different from [untranscribed source text 1692]) — district southeast from Mt. Hermon, extending between Jaulan and Lejah, toward Syrian desert; only גְּבוּל חַוְרָ֑ן Ezek 47:16 compare מִבֵּין חַוְשָרן וּמִבֵּין דַּמֶּשֶׂק Ezek 47:18 Ezek 47:18 = Assyrian –aurani Dl^{Pa 294}; ᵐ5 Αυρανιτις, and so Jos^{Ant. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 14:10»xiv. 10}, 1 etc., Arabic [untranscribed source text 1693]. On this district see Wetzst^{Hauran, (1860) and in} De ^{Job 2. 597ff.} Bd^{Pal 195 ff.} Schumacher^{Across the Jordan, 1889; ZPV xii. 1889, 225 ff. (with map)} GASm^{Geogr. 552 f. 609 ff}.