H63 אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים
ʼÂbêl hash-Shiṭṭîym — Abel hash-Shittim, a place in Palestine
KJV: Abelshittim.
Built from אָבֵל ʼâbêl (a meadow) + שִׁטָּה shiṭṭâh (the acacia) — means “meadow of the acacias”
Occurs 2 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אָבֵל n.f.
- 1 meadow (?)
- 2 n.pr.loc. city in N. Isr.; = א׳ מַיִם
- 3 אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים n.pr.loc. (= acacia-meadow) in lowlands of Moab
- 4 אָבֵל כְּרָמִים n.pr.loc. (= vineyard-meadow) in Ammon
- 5 אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה n.pr.loc. (= dance-meadow) Elisha’s birthplace
- 6 אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם n.pr.loc. (= meadow of Egypt, i.e. fertile as Egypt ?) E. of Jordan
Where it occurs
- Numbers 33:49 — They encamped by the Jordan, from Beth Jeshimoth even to Abel Shittim in the plains of Moab.