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Cucumber (Qishshuim)

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: C By: George A. Morrish

Probably the watermelon, common in Egypt and highly valued in that hot country: the Israelites longed for them (Num. 11:5⁵We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: (Numbers 11:5); Isa. 1:8⁸And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. (Isaiah 1:8)).

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