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Noun Concept
Categories: Plants in the Bible, Book of Exodus, Plant common names, Ark of the Covenant, Vachellia
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shittah  shittah tree  Shitum Wood  Chittamwood  Shittah-tree
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Source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia WordNet 3.0
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Source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Shittah tree or the plural "shittim" was used in the Tanakh to refer to trees belonging to the genera Vachellia and Faidherbia. Wikipedia
Acacia-like tree species mentioned in the Hebrew Bible Wikidata
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 the red acacia, Acacia seyal, now Vachella seyal. Wiktionary
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acacia
PART OF
genus Acacia
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus
Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
SUBSTANCE MERONYM
shittimwood
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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shittah, shittah tree
Wikipedia
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shittah tree
Wikidata
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Shittah tree
Wiktionary
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shittah
Wikipedia Redirections
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Chittamwood, shittah, Shittah-tree, Shittamwood, Shittim-wood, Shittim tree, shittim wood, Shitum wood, Shitum Wood
Wikidata Alias
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Shittim wood

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