PARVAIM pär vā’ əm (פַּרְוָֽיִם, LXX Φαρουάιμ, meaning unknown). The place from which Solomon obtained gold for the Temple.

It is recorded in 2 Chronicles 3:6 that Solomon “adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parvaim.” Both Rabbi Hisda and Rabbi Ashi said the gold of Parvaim was reddish, esp. on the Day of Atonement (Talmud Yoma 45a). The name is unknown elsewhere, but three suggestions have been made: (1) It may be Sak el-Farwein in Yemamah, (2) Farwa in Yemen, or (3) an alternate form for Sephar (Gen 10:30), which also is unknown.