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So called from the rapidity of its current. Hiddekel is “The Dekel,” or Diglath, a Semitic corruption of Tigra, Medo-Persic for arrow. (Gen. ii. 14.)
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“Fluʹmini, a celeritaʹte qua defluit Tigri nomen est; quia Persica lingua, tigrim sagittam appellant.”—Quintus Curtius.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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