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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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SHITTAH TREE ( shittâh , Isaiah 41:19 RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘ acacia tree’; shittim wood [ ‘ăts ç-shîttîm ] Exodus 25:5; Exodus 25:10; Exodus 25:13; Exodus 26:15; Exodus 26:26; Exodus 27:1; Exodus 27:6 , Deuteronomy 10:3 , RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘acacia wood’). shittâh was originally shintâh , and is equivalent to Arab. [Note: Arabic.] sunt , which is the Acacia nilotica; but the word no doubt included other desert acacias. The seyât of the Arabs, which includes the gum-arabic tree ( A. seyat ), and A. tortilis would both furnish suitable wood. Both these trees are plentiful around the Dead Sea, particularly at ‘Ain Jidy .

E. W. G. Masterman.

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Shittah Tree'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​s/shittah-tree.html. 1909.
 
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