shittah

Hebrew שִׁטָּה, usually expressed in the irregular plural שִׁטִּים

shittah (plural shittim)

1. A tree said in the Bible to have furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were made; now believed to have been red acacia, of species Vachellia seyal (formerly Acacia seyal).
2. Wood of this tree.

• shittimwood