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Webster 1913 Edition
Shittah tree
{
, Shit′tah
,Shit′tah treeˊ
}Noun.
[Heb.
shittāh
, pl. shittīm
.] A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were made; – now believed to have been the wood of the
Acacia Seyal
, which is hard, fine grained, and yellowish brown in color.