שִׁטָּה

«שִׁטָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: acacia — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 28 times · Key: 7848 · BDB: שִׁטָּה

Glosses

of.acacia (27); acacia.tree[s] (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

acacia tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. acacia tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. acacia, tree and wood (= שִׁנְטָה*, Arabic سَنْطٌ, prob. loan-word from Egyptian šndt, šondet, Thes1452 ErmanZMG xivi (1892), 120);—growing in dry places; especially acacia (mimosa) Nilotica; cf. RobBR ii. 20, or a. seyyâl PostFlora 298 f. Hast. DB Shittah-tree TristrNHB 390 ff.;—שׁ׳ sg. Is 41:19 (to grow in desert); usually pl., עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים shiṭṭîm wood, material of ark, altars, staves, etc., in tabern., Dt 10:3; Ex 25:5, 10, 13 + 19 times Ex 25–38 (P); עֲצֵי om., עַמּוּדֵי שׁ׳ pillars of shiṭṭîm (wood), Ex 26:32, 37; 36:36 (P).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «שִׁטָּה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Exodus 25:5

וְעֹרֹ֨ת אֵילִ֧ם מְאָדָּמִ֛ים וְעֹרֹ֥ת תְּחָשִׁ֖ים וַעֲצֵ֥י שִׁטִּֽים׃

Word for word: and hides of.rams dyed.red and skins of.dolphins and wood(s) of.acacia

JPS 1917: and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia-wood;

Exodus 25:13

וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ בַדֵּ֖י עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים וְצִפִּיתָ֥ אֹתָ֖ם זָהָֽב׃

Word for word: and you.will.make poles of.wood(s) of.acacia and you.will.overlay them gold

JPS 1917: And thou shalt make staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.

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