shittah

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shittah

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Borrowed from Hebrew שִׁטָּה (shitá), usually expressed in its plural form שִׁטִּים (shitím).

noun shittim

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).
Wood of this tree.

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noun a type of tree and its wood

Deutsch	Seyal-Akazie
עברית	שִׁטָּה

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@misc{shittah_2026,
  title = {shittah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shittah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}