HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H63
אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים
a.vel hash.shit.tim — Abel-shittim
Abel Shittim = "meadow of acacias" place in lowlands of Moab Another name of shit.tim (שִׁטִּים "Shittim" H7851G)
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Abel-shittim
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7851
שִׁטִּים
shit.tim — Shittim
Shittim = "the acacias" place of Israel's encampment between the conquest of the transjordanic region and crossing the Jordan into Canaan Also named: a.vel hash.shit.tim (אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים "Abel-shittim" H0063)
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Meadow of the acacias, frequently called simply “Shittim” (Num. 25:1; Josh. 2:1; Micah 6:5), a place on the east of Jordan, in the plain of Moab, nearly opposite Jericho. It was the forty-second encampment of the Israelites, their last resting-place before they crossed the Jordan (Num. 33:49; 22:1; 26:3; 31:12; comp. 25:1; 31:16).
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.