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# shittah

«shittah» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The acacia tree, called shittah in old English; its wood…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

The acacia tree, called shittah in old English; its wood is hard and strong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shittah/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is named by Isaiah among trees God will plant in the wilderness. Its wood, called shittim, was used for the Tabernacle. Interpretation: Tradition notes that Jacob planted acacia trees in Egypt for the future Tabernacle, so the wood was ready when needed.

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shittah» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shittah/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.