“Ivah” means ruined

Ivah: or A'va , which is mentioned in Scripture twice, (2 Kings 18:34; 19:13) comp. Isai 37:13 in connection with Hena and Sepharvaim, and once, (2 Kings 17:24) in connection with Babylon and Cuthah, must be sought in Babylonia, and is probably identical with the modern Hit, on the Euphrates.