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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Haddakel, Hiddakel


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Tigris/ Hiddakel/ Haddakel Haddakel

The Haddakel 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 thinks that this name is derived from the verb hdq (hdq 611), to prick, to sting to split, to separate. The noun hdq (hdq 611a) means a prickly thorn, a sharp thorn (Mic 7:4; Prov 15:19). But this does not explain the letter lamed. The word dql (daqel; untreated by TWOTOT ) 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 (had 605a), sharp, and qalal (qal 2028a), swift, and qalal (qol 2028b) lightness, frivolity.

NOBSE reads Rapid, but more complete would be Sharp Rapids.



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