a.ven is used as a proper place name in passages of judgment, captivity, and defeat.

The attested forms function as a proper place name: Amos 1:5 names it in a pronouncement of cutting off an inhabitant, while Ezekiel 30:17 names its youths among those who fall by the sword.

1. Proper place name in judgment scenes · dominant

   Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In Amos 1:5 the APB renders the clause "cut off the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven"; in Ezekiel 30:17 it renders "The youths of Aven and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword," placing the name in scenes of judgment and loss.

   Amos 1:5Ezekiel 30:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as "the Valley of Aven" in Amos 1:5 and as "Aven" in Ezekiel 30:17. This variation does not establish a distinct lexical use.