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Shittim may mean several different things: . Botany. Shittim, the plural of Shittah, which is Hebrew for wood from the acacia tree, which appears in the Bible; Places. Abel-Shittim, Ha-Shittim, or simply Shittim, later Abila (Peraea), a place that appears in the Bible
Tall el-Hammam that is identified by most scholars as Abel-Shittim. 31°50′59″N 35°40′43″E / 31.84972°N 35.67861°E / 31.84972; 35 Abila ( Arabic : ابيلا ) was an ancient city east of the Jordan River in the Plains of Moab , later Peraea , near Livias , about twelve km northeast of the north shore of the Dead Sea .
Phinehas slaying Zimri and Cozbi the Midianite by Jeremias van Winghe. According to the Hebrew Bible, Phinehas (also spelled Phineas, / ˈ f ɪ n i ə s /; Hebrew: פִּינְחָס, Modern: Pīnḥas, Tiberian: Pīnəḥās, Ancient Greek: Φινεες [1] Phinees, Latin: Phinees) [2] was a priest during the Israelites' Exodus journey.
Kittim (Hebrew: כִּתִּים, alternately transliterated as Chittim or Cethim) in the genealogy of Genesis 10 in the Hebrew Bible, is the son of Javan, Genesis 10:4, the grandson of Japheth, and Noah's great-grandson.
Shittah tree [1] (Hebrew: שטה) or the plural "shittim" [2] was used in the Tanakh to refer to trees belonging to the genera Vachellia and Faidherbia (both formerly classed in Acacia). Faidherbia albida, Vachellia seyal, Vachellia tortilis, and Vachellia gerrardii can be found growing wild in the Sinai Desert and the Jordan River Valley.
Many scholars have identified the Late Bronze Age settlement at Tell el-Hammam as Abel-Shittim, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of the Stations of the Exodus. [ 2 ] [ better source needed ] In classical antiquity, it has been suggested that it formed part of the city of Livias , the main centre or which is thought to have been at Tell er ...
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While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.