אבטיח

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אבטיח^¹

/avaˈtiaχ/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

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 אֲבַטִּיחַ · avatíakh · 'avaṭṭíaḥ · אֲבַטִּיחִים · אֲבַטִּיחַ־

watermelon (the fruit of the watermelon plant, having a green rind and watery flesh that is typically bright red when ripe and contains black seeds)
watermelon (a plant of the species Citrullus lanatus, bearing a melon-like fruit)
some species of fruit similar to the modern watermelon or melon זָכַרְנוּ אֶת־הַדָּגָה אֲשֶׁר־נֹאכַל בְּמִצְרַיִם חִנָּם אֵת הַקִּשֻּׁאִים וְאֵת הָאֲבַטִּחִים וְאֶת־הֶחָצִיר וְאֶת־הַבְּצָלִים וְאֶת־הַשּׁוּמִים׃

אבטיח^²

verb אַבְטִיחַ · avtíakh · 'avṭíaḥ

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

In English

watermelon fruit

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"אבטיח." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%98%D7%99%D7%97. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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אבטיח. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%98%D7%99%D7%97

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"אבטיח." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%98%D7%99%D7%97.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {אבטיח},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%98%D7%99%D7%97},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}