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bēt haššiṭṭā בֵּית הַשִּׁטָּה ‘Beth-shittah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from bēt בֵּית ‘between / house’ and šiṭṭā שִׁטָּה ‘acacia’ with the article inserted
Roots: בית שׁטה שׁטים

bēt haššiṭṭā pr n loc
Beth-shittah = "house of the acacia tree" or "place of the acacia"
1) an unknown location, perhaps an acacia grove

Mentioned in Judges 7:22

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