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