(Genesis 10:26) Hazarmaveth, also transcribed Hazarmaueth, means "court of death" and is composed of two parts: Hebrew: חֲצַרְ, romanized: ḥaṣar, lit.
Scholars of Semitic languages have related the name to the ancient region of Hadhramaut in Yemen in South Arabia.
His son Sephar has been identified with the former city Zafar, Yemen, his son Sheba with the ancient kingdom of Sheba, also in Yemen, and his son Havilah with the supposed West Arabian kingdom of Havilah.
Kamal Salibi proposed an etymology for the name Hadhramaut.
He thus proposes that the name means "the green place," which is apt for its well-watered wadis whose lushness contrasts with the surrounding high desert plateau.