Hebrew

Noun

אֲבַטִּיחִים (the fruit)

אֲבַטִּיחַ • ‎(avatíakh) m ‎(plural indefinite אֲבַטִּיחִים)

1. (biblical) some species of fruit similar to the modern watermelon or melon
   • Numbers 11:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     זָכַרְנוּ אֶת־הַדָּגָה אֲשֶׁר־נֹאכַל בְּמִצְרַיִם חִנָּם אֵת הַקִּשֻּׁאִים וְאֵת הָאֲבַטִּחִים וְאֶת־הֶחָצִיר וְאֶת־הַבְּצָלִים וְאֶת־הַשּׁוּמִים׃‎

     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;

2. watermelon (fruit of the species Citrullus lanatus)
3. watermelon (plant of the species Citrullus lanatus)

Etymology 2

Verb

אַבְטִיחַ • ‎('avtíakh)

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