Lexical Summary abattich: watermelon Original Word: אֲבַטִּיחַTransliteration: abattich Phonetic Spelling: (ab-at-tee'-akh) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: watermelon Meaning: watermelon Strong's Concordance melon Of uncertain derivation; a melon (only plural) -- melon. Brown-Driver-Briggs H20. abattich אֲבַטִּחִים noun [masculine] plural water-melons (Mishna אבטיח, Samaritan ; compare LöwNo. 297; Arabic etc.; perhaps loan-word in Hebrew compare Sta§ 258; modern Egyptian ba‰‰ich, bi‰‰ich compare references in Di Numbers 11:5; on formation compare LagBN 10, who compare Ethiopic aq‰ala) — Egyptian fruit, ׳הָא 11:5 ("" הַשּׁוּמִים הַבְּצָלִים, ֶהחָצִיר, הִקִּשֻּׁאִים,); ᵐ5 τοὺς πέπονας. |
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