Shittah

noun

1. A tree, probably a species of acacia, that was a source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible.
2. 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 <spn>Acacia Seyal</spn>, which is hard, fine grained, and yellowish brown in color.
3. A <xref>tree</xref> said in the <xref>Bible</xref> to have furnished the precious <xref>wood</xref> of which the <xref>ark</xref>, <xref>tables</xref>, <xref>altars</xref>, <xref>boards</xref>, etc., of the <xref>Jewish</xref> <xref>tabernacle</xref> were made; now believed to have been the red acacia, Acacia seyal, now in genus Vachella.
4. The wood of this tree.
5. source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia