Lexicon
אֲבַטִּחִים
a.vat.ti.ach
H0020
H:N-M Hebrew

melon

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a.vat.ti.ach denotes melons recalled among the foods eaten in Egypt.

Its sole attested use names melons within a remembered list of foods formerly eaten in Egypt.

Senses in use

  1. Melons in a remembered food list · dominant

    In Numbers 11:5, the masculine plural absolute form occurs among fish, cucumbers, leeks, onions, and garlic in a recollection of food eaten in Egypt; the APB renders the list with “the melons.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Numbers 11:5, the APB presents the item in a food list as “the melons”.

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