Zeyva is a village in the Zangezur uezd of the former Yelizavetpol (Ganja) governorate, later in the former Gafan district, and currently in the Syunik province. The provincial centre is located 28 km to the northeast of the town of Gapan, on the spot where the Okhchu and Gighi Rivers merge and at a height of 1,150 m above sea level. After the establishment of the Zangezur uezd in Soviet Armenia on 31 August 1921, the settlement was integrated into the administrative area of Armenia. The village was marked on the five-verst map of the Caucasus. The village was inhabited by 14 Azerbaijanis in 1926 and 49 Azerbaijanis in 1931.

The toponym was coined on the basis of the Arabic word “zaviya” which is used to denote “a cell, corner”.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR dated 29 June 1949, the village was renamed “David bek”. According to the law “On the administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Armenia” dated 7 November 1995, it was integrated into the administrative area of the Syunik province.

Geographic coordinates: latitude 39°19’N., longitude 46°29’E.