יְשִׁימוֹן

יְשִׁימוֺן noun masculine waste, wilderness; — absolute יְשִׁימוֺן 1 Sam 23,19 + 5 t.; יְשִׁימֹן 4 Mos 21,20 + 3 t.; יְשִׁמוֺן Es 43,19 יְשִׁמֹן 5 Mos 32,10 construct יְשִׁימוֺן Sl 107,4 — waste, wilderness:
\ \ a. with article, almost proper name 4 Mos 21,20 (commanded by Pisgah), 4 Mos 23,28 (by Pe`or; both J E), frequented by David as an outlaw 1 Sam 23,19; 1 Sam 23,24; 1 Sam 26,1; 1 Sam 26,3. Probably some part of the wilderness of Judah, bordering on Dead Sea (Conder<sup>Tent work, ch. 15</sup>; Buhl<sup>Geogr. § 61</sup>); according to others, at least in Numbers (see Di), part of the `Arábah, northeast of the Dead Sea (in which was בֵּית הַיְשִׁימֹת 4 Mos 33,49 and elsewhere) b. without article, a waste or wilderness (only in poetry), of scene of Israel's wanderings (after the Exodus), ׳בְּתֹהוּ יְלֵל יְשׁ 5 Mos 32,10 (|| בְּאֶרֶץ מִדְבָּר), Sl 68,8; Sl 78,40; Sl 106,14 with reference to returning exiles Es 43,19; Es 43,20 דֶּרֶךְ ׳י Sl 107,4 waste of a way ( = desert way).