Lexical Definition

‎אֲבַטִּיחַ‎ ʼăbaṭṭîyach (ab-at-tee'-akh) melon ^H:N-M
of uncertain derivation

melon.

• a melon (only plural)

1) watermelon, Egyptian fruit

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֲבַטִּחִים‎ noun [masculine] plural water-melons (Mishna ‎אבטיח‎, Samaritan ; compare Löw^{No. 297}; Arabic etc.; perhaps loan-word in Hebrew compare Sta^{§ 258}; modern Egyptian ba‰‰ich, bi‰‰ich compare references in Di Num 11:5 on formation compare Lag^{BN 10}, who compare Ethiopic aq‰ala) — Egyptian fruit, ‎׳‎‎הָא‎ Num 11:5 (|| ‎הִקִּשֻּׁאִים‎, ‎ֶ˜החָצִיר‎, ‎הַבְּצָלִים‎, ‎הַשּׁוּמִים‎); ᵐ5 τοὺς πέπονας.

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