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Meaning and etymology of the Hebrew name Diklah
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Diklah 
The name Diklah occurs only once in the Bible, as one of the many sons of Joktan (Genesis 10:27), and Joktan was the brother of the famous Peleg, in whose days 'the earth was divided' (10:25) and who also became the ancestor of Abraham (Genesis 11:10-26). Both Peleg and Joktan are sons of Eber, who is a descendant of Shem, the first born son of Noah (Genesis 5:32).
The name Diklah may come from the unused root  , which Fuerst's Hebrew & Chaldee lexicon to the Old Testament and BDB Theological Dictionary reveal to mean to rock to and fro (in the air), to wave. The word is not used in the Bible but in post-Biblical Hebrew as well as in the cognate languages, the similar derivative is used to mean palm or date tree.
Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names and NOBS Study Bible Name List read Palm Tree. BDB Theological Dictionary reads Date-Tree, Palm.
Also note the similarity between this name and  , Hiddakel.
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