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Meaning and etymology of the Hebrew name Haddakel, Hiddakel
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Tigris/ Hiddakel/ Haddakel 
The Haddakel, a.k.a Hiddakel or Hiddekel, is the third of four rivers of Eden (the others being Pishon, Gihon, and Parat). Although most translations mention this river by its modern name Tigris, in the Bible this river is consistently called Haddakel. According to Genesis 2:14, this river flows east of Assyria.
Fuerst's Hebrew & Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament submits that this name is derived from the verb  (hdq), meaning to prick, to sting to split, to separate. The noun (hdq) means a prickly thorn, a sharp thorn (Mic 7:4; Proverbs 15:19). But this does not explain the letter lamed. The word  (daqel; untreated by HAW Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament ) denotes a date tree palm. In this sense the name Haddakel would be related to the name Diklah.
More interesting and more common, however, are the words  (had), meaning sharp, and  (qal), meaning swift, and (qol), meaning lightness, frivolity.
NOBS Study Bible Name List reads Rapid, but more complete would be Sharp Rapids. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names renders The Rapid Swift.
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