(water), a place, (Ezra 8:15) or a river, Ezra 8:21 On the banks of which Ezra collected the second expedition which returned with him from Babylon to Jerusalem. Perhaps it is the modern Hit, on the Euphrates due east of Damascus.
essence; being; generation ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Water, the river (Ezra 8:21) by the banks of which the Jewish exiles assembled under Ezra when about...
Easton's Bible Dictionary