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title: שִׁטִּים — Shittim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁטִּים (7851), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Shittim. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁטִּים

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«שִׁטִּים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shittim** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 7851 · **BDB:** שִׁטִּים

### Glosses

Shittim (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shittim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7851/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7851/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. always הַשּׁ׳; usually Σαττειν: E. of Jordan, Jos 2:1; 3:1 (E), Mi 6:5; Nu 25:1 (P); = אָבֵל הַשּׁ׳ 33:49; on exact site v. BuhlG 116 Gray Nu 25:1. נַחַל הַשּׁ׳ Jo 4:18 (perhaps Wady es-Sanṭ, W. of Jerus., cf. We BuhlGeogr. 90, and views in Dr).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁטִּים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7851/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 25:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.25.1/)

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וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בַּשִּׁטִּ֑ים וַיָּ֣חֶל הָעָ֔ם לִזְנ֖וֹת אֶל־בְּנ֥וֹת מוֹאָֽב׃

*Word for word:* and it.remained Israel in (the) Shittim and it.began the people to commit.fornication into the.daughters of.Moab

*JPS 1917:* And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.

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[Joshua 3:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.3.1/)

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וַיַּשְׁכֵּם֩ יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ בַּבֹּ֜קֶר וַיִּסְע֣וּ מֵֽהַשִּׁטִּ֗ים וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ עַד־הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן ה֖וּא וְכָל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיָּלִ֥נוּ שָׁ֖ם טֶ֥רֶם יַעֲבֹֽרוּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.rose.early Joshua in the morning and they.set.out from (the) Shittim and they.came to the Jordan he and all the.people Israel and they.stayed there before they.passed.over

*JPS 1917:* And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over.

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