shittah

shit·tah

S0352000 (shĭt′ə)n. A tree, probably a species of acacia, that was a source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible.

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[Hebrew šiṭṭâ; akin to Arabic sanṭ, both from Egyptian šnḏt, šnty, acacia.]

shittah

(ˈʃɪtə) n, pl shittim (ˈʃɪtɪm) or shittahs (Bible) a tree mentioned in the Old Testament, thought to be either of two Asian acacias, Acacia seyal or A. tortilis, having close-grained yellow-brown wood[C17: from Hebrew shittāh; related to Egyptian sout acacia]

shit•tah

(ˈʃɪt ə)

n., pl. shit•tim (ˈʃɪt ɪm) shit•tahs. a tree, said to be an acacia, probably Acacia seyal, that yielded the shittim wood of the Old Testament. [1605–15; < Hebrew shiṭṭāh]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.shittah - source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acaciashittah treegenus Acacia - large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosaacacia - any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acaciashittimwood - wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew Tabernacle