Lexical Definition

‎שִׁטִּים‎ Shiṭṭîym (shit-teem') Shittim ^N:N--L
the same as the plural of ‎שִׁטָּה‎; acacia trees

Shittim.

• § Shittim = "the acacias"
• Shittim, a place East of the Jordan

1) place of Israel's encampment between the conquest of the transjordanic region and crossing the Jordan into Canaan
2) a place west of Jerusalem

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שִׁטִּים‎ proper name, of a location always ‎׳‎‎הַשּׁ‎; usually Σαττειν:

1. East of Jordan, Josh 2:1; Josh 3:1 (E), Mic 6:5; Num 25:1 (P); = ‎׳‎‎אָבֵל הַשּׁ‎ Num 33:49 on exact site see Buhl^{G 116} Gray^{Num 25:1.}

2. ‎׳‎‎נַחַל הַשּׁ‎ Joel 4:18* (perhaps Wady es-San‰, west of Jerusalem, compare We Buhl^{Geogr. 90, and views in} Dr).

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