Acacia
(Heb. shittim)
Ex. 25:5, R.V. probably the Acacia seyal (the gum-arabic tree); called the "shittah" tree (
Isa. 41:19). Its wood is called shittim wood (
Ex. 26:15,
26;
25:10,
13,
23,
28, etc.). This species (A. seyal) is like the hawthorn, a gnarled and thorny tree. It yields the gum-arabic of commerce. It is found in abundance in the Sinaitic peninsula
