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Genesis 2:13

וְ שֵׁם הַ נָּהָר הַ שֵּׁנִי גִּיחֹון הוּא הַ סֹּובֵב אֵת כָּל אֶרֶץ כּוּשׁ
And the name of the River of the Second-one78 is Burst Forth [Gichon],79 himself encircling אֶת-the whole earth of Cush;
78

With definite articles on both “second” and “river” the ordinal number is not inconsequential but specific to the identity.