Shittah

{ Shit″tah (?), Shit″tah tree′ }, n. [Heb. shittāh, pl. shittīm.] A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were made; — now believed to have been the wood of the Acacia Seyal, which is hard, fine grained, and yellowish brown in color.