shittah

/SH IH1 T AH0/
noun
  1. 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. 2

    Wood of this tree.