Feminine of a derivative (only in the plural shittiym {shit-teem'}; meaning the sticks of wood) from the same as shotet; the acacia (from its scourging thorns) -- shittah, shittim. See also Beyth hash-Shittah.
see HEBREW shotet
see HEBREW Beyth hash-Shittah
H7848. shittah
שִׁטָּה27 noun feminine acacia, tree and wood (= שִׁנְטָה*, Arabic , probably loan-word from Egyptian šndt, šond®t, Thes1452 ErmanZMG xlvi (1892), 120); — growing in dry places; especially acacia (mimosa) Nilotica; compare RobBR ii. 20, or a. seyyâl PostFlora 298 f. Hast. DB SHITTAH-TREE TristrNHB 390 ff.; — ׳שׁ singular Isaiah 41:19 (to grow in desert); usually plural, שִׁטִּים עֲצֵי shi‰‰îm (wood), material of ark, altars, staves, etc., in tabernacle, Deuteronomy 10:3; Exodus 25:5, 10, 13 19t. Exodus 25-38 (P); עֲצֵי omitted, שׁ ׳עַמּוּדֵי pillars of shi‰‰îm (wood), 26:32, 37; 36:36 (P).