Definitions for shittahˈʃɪt ə; ˈʃɪt ɪm

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

shit•tahˈʃɪt ə; ˈʃɪt ɪm(n.)(pl.)shit•tim; shit•tahs.

  1. a tree, said to be an acacia, probably Acacia seyal, that yielded the shittim wood of the Old Testament.

    Category: Plants

Origin of shittah:

1605–15; < Heb shiṭṭāh

Princeton's WordNet

  1. shittah, shittah tree(noun)

    source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia

Wiktionary

  1. shittah(Noun)

    The wood of the acacia tree.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Shittah(noun)

    alt. of Shittah tree


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