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שיטה

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שיטה¹

  • /ʃiˈta/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Related to Arabic سَنْط (sanṭ, “acacia”), Akkadian 𒊭𒄠𒂅 (/⁠šamṭu, samṭu⁠/, “acacia”) and Coptic ϣⲟⲛϯ (šonti, “acacia”). It remains unclear whether this word is of native Semitic origin or was borrowed into the family at some point from an external source such as Egyptian.

noun שִׁטָּה · shitá · שיטים · שִׁטִּים · שיטת־ · שִׁטַּת־

  1. Biblical, feminine acacia, shittah (a tree of the genus Vachellia or Faidherbia) וְעָשִׂיתָ מִזְבֵּחַ מִקְטַר קְטֹרֶת עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים תַּעֲשֶׂה אֹתוֹ׃
  2. feminine a tree of the genus Acacia

שיטה²

  • /ʃiˈta/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Compare Amharic ዘዴ (zäde) and Aramaic שִׁיטְתָא.

noun שִׁיטָה · shitá · שִׁיטוֹת · שִׁיטַת־ · שִׁיטָתִי

  1. method

    Similar: מֵתוֹדָה

  2. system

In English

  • acacia shrub or tree
  • way method or manner
  • method process by which a task is completed
  • system group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {שיטה},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%98%D7%94},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}