shittah

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English

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a shittah
Vachellia seyal
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Etymology

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Hebrew שִׁטָּה, usually expressed in the irregular plural שִׁטִּים

Noun

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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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