Genesis 36:23 names him as a son of Shoval (שובל), in the descent of Se'ir of the Beney Chor (Horites); his brothers were Alvan (עלבן), Eyval (עיבל), Shepho (שפו) and Onam (אונם).
1 Chronicles 8:6 makes it a place, not a man's name, though there is no reason why it can't be both. Eyval we know for certain was a place: Mount Eyval (Ebal), facing Mount Gerizim, the mountains of blessing and cursing on either side of Shechem. As to the others?...
The name means "rest", from the same root that yields the name No'ach (נוח).
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