ə noun, plural shit·tim 
[shit-im] , shit·tahs.
[shit-im] , shit·tahs. a tree, said to be an acacia, probably Acacia seyal, that yielded the shittim wood of the Old Testament.
Origin:
1605–15; < Hebrew shiṭṭāh
1605–15; < Hebrew shiṭṭāh
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| —n , pl shittim, shittahs | |
| 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] | |
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