shit·tah (sh t  )n. A tree, probably a species of acacia, that was a source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible. [Hebrew  i â; akin to Arabic san, both from Egyptian n t, nty, acacia.] |
shittah [ˈʃɪtə]
n pl shittim [ˈʃɪtɪm], shittahs
(Christian Religious Writings / 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
[from Hebrew shittāh; related to Egyptian sout acacia]
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| Noun | 1. |  shittah - source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acaciagenus Acacia - large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa acacia - any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia shittimwood - wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew Tabernacle |
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