shittim
part of speech
noun
meaning for a pupil
The name of a place in Moab, east of the Jordan, where Israel camped. It is also the Hebrew name of acacia trees. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Israel camped here near the end of the wandering, and sinned with the Moabite women there. The tabernacle's wood was shittim wood. Interpretation: The rabbis treat the wood as a sign that something great can be made from a humble tree.
examples
- And they pitched by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab. (Torah NUM.33.49, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab. (Torah NUM.25.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over. (Prophets JOS.3.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of the LORD. (Prophets MIC.6.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two spies secretly, saying: 'Go view the land, and Jericho.' And they went, and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there. (Prophets JOS.2.1, JPS 1917) tree →
note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
In the corpora
- And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.
- And they pitched by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «shittim» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.