שָׁטִּים, (b. h.) pr. n. Shittim, a ravine opposite Jericho. Snh. 106ᵃ (ref. to Num. XXV, 1) ש׳ שמה the name of the place was Sh., v. שְׁטוּת. Gen. R. s. 18 (ref. to Mal. II, 13 שנית) שניה לש׳ the second time (you did this) since the events at Shittim (Num. l. c.). Tanḥ. T’rum. 9 חטאו בש׳ ולקו בש׳ ונתרפאו בשִׁטִּים they sinned at Sh. (Num. l. c.), they were smitten at Sh. (ib. 9), and were healed through shiṭṭim (acacias, of the Tabernacle); a. e.