shittah

Hebrew שִׁטָּה‎, usually expressed in the irregular plural שִׁטִּים‎

shittah (plural shittim)

1. A tree said in the Bible to have furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were made; now believed to have been the red acacia, Acacia seyal, now Vachella seyal.
2. The wood of this tree.

• (tree): Vachellia seyal

• shittimwood