šiṭṭīm שִׁטִּים ‘Shittim’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
the same as the plural of šiṭṭā שִׁטָּה ‘acacia’
Roots:
שׁטה שׁטים
šiṭṭīm pr n loc
Shittim = "the acacias"
1) place of Israel's encampment between the conquest of the transjordanic region and crossing the Jordan into Canaan
2) a place west of Jerusalem