שיטה

Hebrew

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃiˈta/
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Etymology 1

Root
שׁ־נ־ט (sh-n-ṭ)
1 term

Related to Arabic سَنْط (sanṭ, “acacia”), Akkadian 𒊭𒄠𒂅 (/⁠šamṭu, samṭu⁠/, “acacia”) and Coptic ϣⲟⲛϯ (šonti, “acacia”). It remains unclear whether this word is of native Semitic origin or was borrowed into the family at some point from an external source such as Egyptian.

Noun

שיטה / שִׁטָּה • (shitá) f (plural indefinite שיטים / שִׁטִּים, singular construct שיטת / שִׁטַּת־, plural construct שיטי / שִׁטֵּי־) [pattern: קִטְלָה]

  1. (Biblical Hebrew) acacia, shittah (a tree of the genus Vachellia or Faidherbia)
    • Tanach, Exodus 30:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וְעָשִׂיתָ מִזְבֵּחַ מִקְטַר קְטֹרֶת עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים תַּעֲשֶׂה אֹתוֹ׃
      And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon; of acacia-wood shalt thou make it.
    • Tanach, Isaiah 41:19, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      אֶתֵּן בַּמִּדְבָּר אֶרֶז שִׁטָּה וַהֲדַס וְעֵץ שָׁמֶן אָשִׂים בָּעֲרָבָה בְּרוֹשׁ תִּדְהָר וּתְאַשּׁוּר יַחְדָּו׃
      I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia-tree, And the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane-tree, and the larch together;
  2. (taxonomy) a tree of the genus Acacia
Declension
Declension of שִׁטָּה
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite שִׁטָּה first שִׁטָּתִי שִׁטָּתֵנוּ
definite הַשִּׁטָּה second שִׁטָּתְךָ שִׁטָּתֵךְ שִׁטַּתְכֶם שִׁטַּתְכֶן
construct שִׁטַּת־ third שִׁטָּתוֹ שִׁטָּתָהּ שִׁטָּתָם שִׁטָּתָן
plural indefinite שִׁטִּים first שטיי / שִׁטַּי שִׁטֵּינוּ
definite הַשִּׁטִּים second שִׁטֶּיךָ שטייך / שִׁטַּיִךְ שִׁטֵּיכֶם שִׁטֵּיכֶן
construct שִׁטֵּי־ third שִׁטָּיו שִׁטֶּיהָ שִׁטֵּיהֶם שִׁטֵּיהֶן
Derived terms
  • → English: shittah

Etymology 2

Root
שׁ־י־ט (sh-y-ṭ)
2 terms

Noun

שִׁיטָה • (shitá) f (plural indefinite שִׁיטוֹת, singular construct שִׁיטַת־)

  1. system
  2. method

References

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