[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/shittim/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / shittim

# shittim

noun

«shittim» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

Israel camped here near the end of the wandering, and sinned with the Moabite women there. The tabernacle's wood was shittim wood.

**Interpretation.** The rabbis treat the wood as a sign that something great can be made from a humble tree.

### Meaning

The name of a place in Moab, east of the Jordan, where Israel camped. It is also the Hebrew name of acacia trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shittim/#m1)

### Examples

- And they pitched by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab. (Torah NUM.33.49, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shittim/#x1)
- And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab. (Torah NUM.25.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shittim/#x2)
- 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. (Prophets JOS.3.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shittim/#x3)
- O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of the LORD. (Prophets MIC.6.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shittim/#x4)
- And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two spies secretly, saying: 'Go view the land, and Jericho.' And they went, and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there. (Prophets JOS.2.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shittim/#x5)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shittim» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shittim/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shittim» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/shittim.html) on Mova free.