שִׁטָּה

שִׁטָּה₂₇ noun feminine acacia, tree and wood (= שִׁנְטָה*, Arabic , probably loan-word from Egyptian šndt, šond®t, Thes¹⁴⁵² Erman^{ZMG xlvi (1892), 120}); — growing in dry places; especially acacia (mimosa) Nilotica; compare Rob^{BR ii. 20}, or a. seyyâl Post^{Flora 298 f. Hast. DB SHITTAH-TREE} Tristr^{NHB 390 ff.}; — ׳שׁ singular Es 41,19 (to grow in desert); usually plural, עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים shi‰‰îm (wood), material of ark, altars, staves, etc., in tabernacle, 5 Mos 10,3; 2 Mos 25,5; 2 Mos 25,10; 2 Mos 25,13 + 19 t. Ex 25-38 (P); עֲצֵי omitted, ׳עַמּוּדֵי שׁ pillars of shi‰‰îm (wood), 2 Mos 26,32; 2 Mos 26,37; 2 Mos 36,36 (P).