Reference: Uzal

A son of Joktan, located in Arabia Felix, Ge 10:27.

a wanderer, a descendant of Joktan (Ge 10:27; 1Ch 1:21), the founder apparently of one of the Arab tribes; the name also probably of the province they occupied and of their chief city.

Joktan's sixth son (Ge 10:27; 1Ch 1:21). The capital of the Yemen (Arabia Felix) was originally Awzal (now San'a), anciently the most flourishing of Arab communities, its rivals being Sheba and Sephar. The Greek and Roman writers (Pliny, N. H. 12:16) call it Auzara, a city of the Gebanitae. Uzal is situated on an elevation, with a stream running through it from Mount Sawafee; it has a citadel. Transl. for "going to and fro," Eze 27:19, "from Uzal." This is added to "Javan" to mark which Javan is meant, Ge 10:27.

1. A son of Joktan (Ge 10:27; 1Ch 1:21). 2. A place named in Eze 27:19 (Revised Version margin 'from Uzal,' Authorized Version margin 'Meuzal')

U'zal

Son of Joktan, a descendant of Shem. Ge 10:27; 1Ch 1:21. His descendants are traced to Sana (the ancient name of which was Awzal), the capital of the Yemen in Southern Arabia.

U'zal

(separate), the sixth son of Joktan,

Ge 10:27; 1Ch 1:21

whose settlements are clearly traced in the ancient name of San'a, the capital city of the Yemen (a district of Arabia), which was originally Awzal. From its position in the centre of the best portion of that kingdom it must always have been an important city. (San'a is situated about 150 miles from Aden and 100 miles from the coast of the Red Sea. It is one of the most imposing cities of Arabia -ED.)