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- Hebrew · derived fromשִׁטִּים
- English todaychittim
From Hebrew שִׁטִּים, plural of שִׁטָּה, with the spelling change from shittim perhaps chosen to avoid any association with shit.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
chittim
Today it means: A type of wood mentioned in the Bible, from which the Ark of the Covenant was constructed. Full definition →
Hebrew שִׁטִּים