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

Extended Information

• Shittim = "the acacias"
• place of Israel's encampment between the conquest of the transjordanic region and crossing the Jordan into Canaan
• Also named: a.vel hash.shit.tim (‎א‎ָ‎ב‎ֵ‎ל‎ ‎ה‎ַ‎ש‎ִּׁ‎ט‎ִּ‎ים‎ "Abel-shittim" אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים)

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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Abel-shittim • The last Israelite campsite before crossing the Jordan.

Shittim, also called Abel-shittim, the final Israelite encampment before entering Canaan.

• A location first mentioned at Num.33.49;
• referred to as Shittim שִׁטִּים, or Abel-shittim (NIV= Abel Shittim) אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים.
  

Shittim, also known as Abel-shittim, was the last campsite of the Israelites before they crossed the Jordan River to enter Canaan. It was located in the plains of Moab, east of the Jordan and opposite Jericho (Numbers 33:49). At Shittim, the Israelites fell into sin with the Moabite women and worshipped the Moabite god Baal of Peor, resulting in a plague that killed 24,000 people (Numbers 25:1-9). It was also from Shittim that Joshua sent two spies to investigate Jericho (Joshua 2:1) and where the Israelites camped before crossing the Jordan (Joshua 3:1). The prophet Micah later recalled the events at Shittim, from Balaam to the crossing of the Jordan, as evidence of God's righteous acts toward Israel (Micah 6:5).

All entries for Shittim or Abel-shittim: שִׁטִּים ☩ אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים