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.

The name of a place in Moab, east of the Jordan, where Israel camped. It is also the Hebrew name of acacia trees. tree →

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 →
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab. (Torah NUM.25.1, JPS 1917) tree →
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 →
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 →
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 →

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