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Meaning of shittah | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  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 red acacia, of species Vachellia seyal (formerly Acacia seyal).
  2. Wood of this tree.

Equivalents

Deutsch Seyal-Akazie
עברית שיטה

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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