יְשִׁימוֹן

n.m. waste, wilderness;—abs. יְשִׁימוֹן 1 S 23:19 + 5 times; יְשִׁימֹן Nu 21:20 + 3 times; יְשִׁמוֹן Is 43:19; יְשִׁמֹן Dt 32:10; cstr. יְשִׁימוֹן ψ 107:4;—waste, wilderness: c. art., alm. n.pr. Nu 21:20 (commanded by Pisgah), 23:28 (by Peʿor; both JE), frequented by David as an outlaw 1 S 23:19, 24; 26:1, 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 Nu. (v. Di), part of the ʿArábah NE. of the Dead Sea (in which was בֵּית הַיְשִׁימֹת Nu 33:49 al.) without art., a waste or wilderness (only poet.), of scene of Israel’s wanderings (after the Exodus), בְּתֹהוּ יְלֵל יְשׁ׳ Dt 32:10 (‖ בְּאֶרֶץ מִדְבָּר), ψ 68:8; 78:40; 106:14; with ref. to returning exiles Is 43:19, 20; בִּי׳דֶּרֶךְ ψ 107:4 in the waste (desert) a way (cf. 𝔊 𝔖).