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title: שִׁטָּה — acacia · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁטָּה (7848), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 28 times: acacia. BDB 1906: n.f. acacia. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁטָּה

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«שִׁטָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **acacia** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 28 times · **Key:** 7848 · **BDB:** שִׁטָּה

### Glosses

of.acacia (27); acacia.tree\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

acacia [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7848/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. acacia [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7848/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. acacia, tree and wood (= שִׁנְטָה\*, Arabic سَنْطٌ, prob. loan-word from Egyptian šndt, šondet, Thes1452 ErmanZMG xivi (1892), 120);—growing in dry places; especially acacia (mimosa) Nilotica; cf. RobBR ii. 20, or a. seyyâl PostFlora 298 f. Hast. DB Shittah-tree TristrNHB 390 ff.;—שׁ׳ sg. Is 41:19 (to grow in desert); usually pl., עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים shiṭṭîm wood, material of ark, altars, staves, etc., in tabern., Dt 10:3; Ex 25:5, 10, 13 + 19 times Ex 25–38 (P); עֲצֵי om., עַמּוּדֵי שׁ׳ pillars of shiṭṭîm (wood), Ex 26:32, 37; 36:36 (P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁטָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7848/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 25:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.25.5/)

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וְעֹרֹ֨ת אֵילִ֧ם מְאָדָּמִ֛ים וְעֹרֹ֥ת תְּחָשִׁ֖ים וַעֲצֵ֥י שִׁטִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and hides of.rams dyed.red and skins of.dolphins and wood(s) of.acacia

*JPS 1917:* and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia-wood;

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[Exodus 25:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.25.13/)

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וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ בַדֵּ֖י עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים וְצִפִּיתָ֥ אֹתָ֖ם זָהָֽב׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.make poles of.wood(s) of.acacia and you.will.overlay them gold

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt make staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.

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