אבטיח

Hebrew edit

Pronunciation edit

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Etymology 1 edit

Root
ב־ט־ח (b-ṭ-ḥ)

Cognate with Aramaic אֲבַטִּיחָא and Arabic بَطِيخ (baṭīḵ), mentioned once, in the plural form, in the Hebrew Bible, Numbers 11:5 "זָכַרְנוּ אֶת־הַדָּגָה אֲשֶׁר־נֹאכַל בְּמִצְרַיִם חִנָּם; אֵת הַקִּשֻּׁאִים וְאֵת הָאֲבַטִּחִים". In the King James Version, אבטיחים is translated into "melons" rather than "watermelons": "We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks".

Noun edit

אֲבַטִּיחִים (the fruit)

אֲבַטִּיחַ • ('avaṭṭíaḥ) m (plural indefinite אֲבַטִּיחִים)

(biblical) some species of fruit similar to the modern watermelon or melon
- Tanach, Numbers 11:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  זָכַרְנוּ אֶת־הַ דָּגָה אֲשֶׁר־נֹאכַל בְּ מִצְרַיִם חִנָּם אֵת הַ קִּשֻּׁאִים וְ אֵת הָאֲבַטִּחִים וְ אֶת־הֶ חָצִיר וְ אֶת־הַ בְּצָלִים וְ אֶת־הַ שּׁוּמִים׃
  zakhárnu 'et-hadagá 'asher-nokhál b'mitsráyim khinám 'ét hakishu'ím v'ét ha'avatikhím v'et-hekhatsír v'et-hab'tsalím v'et-hashumím.
  zāḵárnū ʾeṯ-haddāḡā ʾăšer-nōḵal bəmiṣráyim ḥinnām ʾēṯ haqqiššūʾīm wəʾēṯ hāʾăḇaṭṭīḥīm wəʾeṯ-heḥāṣīr wəʾeṯ-habbəṣālīm wəʾeṯ-haššūmīm.
  We remember the fish, which we were wont to eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;
watermelon (fruit of the species Citrullus lanatus)
watermelon (plant of the species Citrullus lanatus)

References edit

H20 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
“אבטיח” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ב־ט־ח (b-ṭ-ḥ)

Verb edit

אַבְטִיחַ • ('avṭíaḥ)

First-person singular future (prefix conjugation) of הִבְטִיחַ (hivtíakh): I will promise.