(Heb. shittim) Ex 25:5, R.V. probably the Acacia seyal (the gum-arabic tree); called the "shittah" tree (Isa 41:19). Its wood is called shittim wood (26/15/type/am'>Ex 26:15,26; 25:10,13,23,28, etc.). This species (A. seyal) is like the hawthorn, a gnarled and thorny tree. It yields the gum-arabic of commerce. It is found in abundance in the Sinaitic peninsula.
Illustration: Shittah Tree
They shall make an ark of acacia wood: two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
Also, make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high [for the showbread].
You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.
And you shall make the upright frame for the tabernacle of boards of acacia wood.
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the wild olive; I will set the cypress in the desert, the plane [tree] and the pine [tree] together,