shittah

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English

a shittah
Vachellia seyal
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Etymology

Hebrew שִׁטָּה, usually expressed in the irregular plural שִׁטִּים

Noun

shittah (plural shittim)

  1. A tree said in the Bible to have furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were made; now believed to have been red acacia, of species Vachellia seyal (formerly Acacia seyal).
  2. Wood of this tree.

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