This word refers to a cucumber field, a garden or agricultural plot where cucumbers are cultivated. It appears in Isaiah 1:8 in a simile of desolation: 'The daughter of Zion is left like a hut in a cucumber field'. The image evokes a temporary shelter in a garden, abandoned after harvest, standing alone and vulnerable. Cucumber fields required seasonal watching, and the watchman's hut would be deserted once the crop was gathered. The metaphor powerfully conveys Jerusalem's isolation and exposure.