BDB3796
יְשִׁימוֺן noun masculine waste, wilderness; — absolute יְשִׁימוֺן 1Sam 23:19 + 5 t.; יְשִׁימֹן Num 21:20 + 3 t.; יְשִׁמוֺן Isa 43:19 יְשִׁמֹן Deut 32:10 construct יְשִׁימוֺן Ps 107:4 — waste, wilderness:
a. with article, almost proper name Num 21:20 (commanded by Pisgah), Num 23:28 (by Pe`or; both
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), frequented by David as an outlaw 1Sam 23:19; 1Sam 23:24; 1Sam 26:1; 1Sam 26:3. Probably some part of the wilderness of Judah, bordering on Dead Sea
(ConderTent work, ch. 15; BuhlGeogr. § 61);
according to others, at least in Numbers (see Di), part of the `Arábah,
northeast of the Dead Sea (in which was בֵּית הַיְשִׁימֹת
Num 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
Deut 32:10 (||
בְּאֶרֶץ מִדְבָּר), Ps 68:8; Ps 78:40; Ps 106:14 with reference to returning exiles Isa 43:19; Isa 43:20
דֶּרֶךְ
׳
י
Ps 107:4
waste of a way ( = desert way).