Shittah tree - Wikipedia
Shittah tree[1] (Hebrew: שטה) or the plural "shittim" [2] was used in the Tanakh to refer to trees belonging to the genera Vachellia and Faidherbia (both formerly classed in Acacia). Faidherbia albida, Vachellia seyal, Vachellia tortilis, and Vachellia gerrardii can be found growing wild in the Sinai Desert and the Jordan River Valley.
What is the significance of Shittim in the Bible?
2022年2月7日 · Shittim is a large area in the plains of Moab directly across from Jericho, immediately east of the Jordan and north of the Dead Sea. Shittim is significant in Israel’s history because it is the site of the last encampment of the nation at the end of the wilderness wanderings just before crossing the Jordan into the Promised Land.
Acacia (Shittim) Wood Definition | Bible Dictionary - Bible Study
What is Acacia wood? Was the Ark of the Covenant crafted from it? Which sacred items, used to worship God, were composed of it? How is it related to shittim?
Shittim Wood - Bible Hub
They are most picturesque trees with their gnarled trunks, sometimes 2 ft. thick, their twisted, thorny branches, which often give the whole tree an umbrella-like form, and their fine bipinnate leaves with minute leaflets. The curiously twisted pods and the masses of gum arabic which exude in many parts are also peculiar features.
Vachellia seyal - Wikipedia
Vachellia seyal, the red acacia, known also as the shittah tree (the source of shittim wood), is a thorny, 6– to 10-m-high (20 to 30 ft) tree with a pale greenish or reddish bark. At the base of the 3–10 cm (1.2–3.9 in) feathery leaves, two straight, light grey thorns grow to …
Shittah Tree - Encyclopedia of The Bible - Bible Gateway
SHITTAH TREE (שִׁטָּה, H8847). From the shittâ tree is derived “shittim wood,” mentioned twenty-six times in the OT, largely in Exodus. However, in Isaiah 41:19 (KJV) “shittah tree” is actually mentioned. Shittim is the place from which Joshua sent out the spies—a place where there was a forest of Shittahs.
Strong's Hebrew: 7848. שִׁטִּים (shittah) -- acacia (a tree and a wood)
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 .
Shittim | The Wood Database (Hardwood)
Shittim (A. mearnsii pictured) Common Name(s): Shittim, Red Acacia, Shittah. Scientific Name: Vachellia seyal (syn. Acacia seyal) Distribution: Northern tropical Africa. Tree Size: 25-50 ft (8-15 m) tall, 1-2 ft (.3-.6 m) trunk diameter. Average Dried Weight: 41 lbs/ft 3 (660 kg/m 3) Specific Gravity (Basic, 12% MC):.53, .66
shittim wood | Encyclopedia.com
shittim wood, in the Bible, wood of the shittah tree, probably an acacia, from which the Ark of the Covenant and furniture of the Tabernacle were made. The Revised Version of the Bible calls it acacia wood.
Shittim Shittah Tree - Bible Hub
Shittim Shittah Tree (Heb. shittah, the thorny ), is without doubt correctly referred to some species of Acacia , of which three or four kinds occur in the Bible lands. The woof of this tree --perhaps the Acacia seyal is more definitely signified --was extensively employed in the construction of the tabernacle.