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The Hivites were one group of descendants of Canaan, son of Ham, according to the Table of Nations in (esp. 10:17). ==Etymology== According to the Table of Nations (Genesis 10), the Hivites are one of the descendants of Canaan, son of Ham. (Also ) A possible origin of the name may be in the Hebrew word ''chava'' ( חוה ), which means ''tent dweller''. According to traditional Hebrew sources, the name "Hivite" is related to the Aramaic word "Khiv'va" (HVVA), meaning "snake", and related to the word 'awwiah in Galilee, meaning serpent, since they sniffed the ground like snakes looking for fertile land. There appears to be a possible connection (or confusion) between the Hivites and the Horites. In a Hivite named Zibeon is also described in as a Horite. Others claim that this confusion is a result of a scribal error, as both Hivites (Hebrew: חוי ) and Horites (Hebrew: חרי) differ in spelling by one letter of roughly similar shape, or they could refer to two individuals. Scholars have sought to identify the biblical Hivites with :(a) the Greek Achaeans, known from Homer, :(b) the Hurrians – one of the most important peoples in the ancient Near East – who are otherwise unmentioned in the Hebrew Bible, or :(c) settlers, who went to Shechem and the other locations from Cilicia, a region in Asia Minor, which is called Quwê in the Bible () and ''Huwi'' in cuneiform sources.〔''Illustrated Dictionary & Concordance of the Bible'', 1986, reproduced at (Answers.com )〕 No name resembling "Hivite" has been found in Egyptian or Mesopotamian inscriptions although the city of Shechem has been found in both. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hivite」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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