shit.tim is a proper place-name marking where Israel dwelt and from which journeys and missions began.

The attested proper-noun forms identify a place: Israel dwells there in Numbers 25:1, Joshua sends men from it in Joshua 2:1, and Israel sets out from it in Joshua 3:1; Micah 6:5 also names it as one end of a movement toward Gilgal.

1. Place named as a dwelling point and point of departure · dominant

   In all four occurrences the form is tagged Noun · Proper and functions as a place-name. In Numbers 25:1 the APB renders Israel as dwelling there; in Joshua 2:1 and Joshua 3:1 it renders missions and travel as proceeding from it, while Micah 6:5 places it in the phrase “from the Shittim to the Gilgal.”

   Joshua 2:1Joshua 3:1Micah 6:5Numbers 25:1

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Shittim” in Joshua 3:1 and Numbers 25:1, with “the Shittim” in Joshua 2:1 and Micah 6:5. These renderings occur in whole-verse translation.