Shittah-tree encyclopedia topics

Shittah-tree

Sponsored Links Shittah Tree
2,000+ Shittah Trees Shop, Compare and Save at Pronto.
Tree.Pronto.com

Buy Fast Growing Trees
Easy to grow, for Shade or Privacy. Can increase property values by 15%
www.Fast-Growing-Trees.com

Trees
Live Trees. Many species. Low prices. Delivered to you.
www.NatureHills.com

1 reference results for: Shittah-tree

Wikipedia

Shittah-tree is Hebrew for acacia. Acacia albida, Acacia tortilis and Acacia iraqensis can be found growing wild in the Sinai desert and the Jordan valley.

Shittah wood was employed in making the various parts of the Tabernacle and of the Ark of the covenant in the wilderness. It was the acacia or mimosa (Acacia nilotica and A. seyal).

"The wild acacia (Mimosa nilotica), under the name of sunt, everywhere represents the seneh, or senna, of the burning bush. A slightly different form of the tree, equally common under the name of seyal, is the ancient shittah, or, as more usually expressed in the plural form, the shittim, of which the Tabernacle was made."