Melons
MELONS
Are common in the East, but do not differ particularly form ours. Watermelons grow luxuriantly in Palestine, even in dry and sandy soil. They are a delicious fruit in a hot climate, and were among the articles of food for which the Hebrews pined in the desert, Num 11:5 .
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Melons
only in Num. 11:5, the translation of the Hebrew abattihim, the LXX. and Vulgate pepones, Arabic britikh. Of this plant there are various kinds, the Egyptian melon, the Cucumus chate, which has been called “the queen of cucumbers;” the water melon, the Cucurbita citrullus; and the common or flesh melon, the Cucumus melo. “A traveller in the East who recollects the intense gratitude which a gift of a slice of melon inspired while journeying over the hot and dry plains, will readily comprehend the regret with which the Hebrews in the Arabian desert looked back upon the melons of Egypt” (Kitto).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Melons
MELONS (batthm, the same word as the Arab. [Note: Arabic.] battkh, which includes the water-melon (Citrullus vulgaris) as well as other kinds).Num 11:6. Here the water-melon is specially referred to, as it was common in Egypt in ancient times. No fruit is more appreciated in the arid wilderness. Melons flourish in Palestine, especially on the sands S. of Jaffa, and are eaten all over the land, being carried to the towns all through the summer by long strings of camels.
E. W. G. Masterman.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Melons
melunz (, ‘abhatthm; compare Arabic battikh, the water melon; , pepones): In Num 11:5, the melon is referred to as common in Egypt, and there can be no doubt that the variety indicated is the watermelon (Citrullus vulgaris) which is indigenous in tropical Africa. It has been cultivated in Egypt since the earliest times.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Melons
abattichim. The similar Arabic word batekh is a generic name for melons, etc., and would include different species. The common melon in the East is the cucumis melo , and the water melon the cucurbita citrullus. The melon was one of the fruits the Israelites had eaten in Egypt, and for which they longed in the wilderness. Num 11:5. Kitto long remembered the gratitude with which he received a slice of melon when travelling in a hot and dry plain in the East.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Melons
Melons. Num 11:5. Melons of all kinds have ever been largely cultivated in Egypt, and in summer often form the chief food and drink of the lower classes.
Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible
Melons
Melons. (Hebrew, abattichim). Melons are mentioned only in Num 11:5. By the Hebrew word, we are probably to understand both the melon, (Cumcumis melo) and the watermelon, (Cucurbita citrullus). The watermelon, which is now extensively cultivated in all hot countries, is a fruit, not unlike the common melon, but the leaves are deeply lobed and gashed; the flesh is pink or white, and contains a large quantity of cold watery juice with out much flavor; the seeds are black.