# H63 אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים

אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים (ʼÂbêl hash-Shiṭṭîym), Strong’s H63: Abel hash-Shittim, a place in Palestine KJV: Abelshittim.. Occurs 2 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/H63 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*ʼÂbêl hash-Shiṭṭîym* — Abel hash-Shittim, a place in Palestine

KJV: Abelshittim.

Built from [אָבֵל ʼâbêl](https://besorah.bible/word/H58) (a meadow) + [שִׁטָּה shiṭṭâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H7848) (the acacia) — means “meadow of the acacias”

Occurs 2 times.

## 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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/33?v=49) — They encamped by the Jordan, from Beth Jeshimoth even to Abel Shittim in the plains of Moab.