"The wild acacia (Vachellia nilotica), under the name of sunt, everywhere represents the seneh, or senna, of the burning bush. A slightly different form of the tree, equally common under the name of seyal, is the ancient shittah, or, as more usually expressed in the plural form, the shittim, of which the Tabernacle was made."[6]
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Frangula purshiana, a North American native plant sharing common names with the Biblical shittah tree
Sideroxylon lanuginosum, a North American native plant sharing common names with the Biblical shittah tree
Xylosma maidenii, an Australian native plant known as shitum wood
shittah, tree, look, shittah, wiktionary, free, dictionary, hebrew, שטה, plural, shittim, used, tanakh, refer, trees, belonging, genera, vachellia, faidherbia, both, formerly, classed, acacia, faidherbia, albida, vachellia, seyal, vachellia, tortilis, vachelli. Look up shittah in Wiktionary the free dictionary Shittah tree 1 Hebrew שטה or the plural shittim 2 was used in the Tanakh to refer to trees belonging to the genera Vachellia and Faidherbia both formerly classed in Acacia Faidherbia albida Vachellia seyal Vachellia tortilis and Vachellia gerrardii can be found growing wild in the Sinai Desert and the Jordan River Valley A shittah treeA depiction of Ark of the CovenantIn the Exodus the ancient Israelites were commanded to use shittah wood to make various parts of the Tabernacle and of the Ark of the Covenant This was most likely Vachellia seyal 3 or Vachellia tortilis 4 5 The wild acacia Vachellia nilotica under the name of sunt everywhere represents the seneh or senna of the burning bush A slightly different form of the tree equally common under the name of seyal is the ancient shittah or as more usually expressed in the plural form the shittim of which the Tabernacle was made 6 See also EditFrangula purshiana a North American native plant sharing common names with the Biblical shittah tree Sideroxylon lanuginosum a North American native plant sharing common names with the Biblical shittah tree Xylosma maidenii an Australian native plant known as shitum woodReferences Edit Isaiah 41 19 Exodus 25 10 amp 23 26 15 Balfour John Hutton 1857 The Plants of the Bible Trees and Shrubs T Nelson amp Sons p 31 Acacia tortilis Plants of the Bible Umbrella Thorn Acacia Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Sinai and Palestine Further reading EditHerbermann Charles ed 1913 acacia Catholic Encyclopedia New York Robert Appleton Company Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Sinai and Palestine Exodus chapter 25 verses 10 13 23 and 28 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shittah tree amp oldid 1114945267, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
