Lexical Definition

‎יְשִׁימוֹן‎ yᵉshîymôwn (yesh-ee-mone') Jeshimon ^H:N-M
from ‎יָשַׁם‎

desert, Jeshimon, solitary, wilderness.

• a desolation

1) waste, wilderness, desert, desolate place

See Greek: ἄνυδρος · διψάω · ἔρημος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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 J E), 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 (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 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).

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Jeshimon • A wilderness near Ziph, where David hid from Saul

Jeshimon, a wilderness near Ziph where David hid from Saul (1 Samuel 23:19, 24; 26:1, 3).

• A location near Engedi עֵין גֶּדִי first mentioned at 1Sa.23.19;
• only referred to as Jeshimon יְשִׁימוֹן.
  

Jeshimon is a wilderness area mentioned in the Bible, located near the town of Ziph in the Judean Desert. It is described as a place where David sought refuge from King Saul, who was pursuing him. The Ziphites, inhabitants of Ziph, informed Saul about David's hiding place in the strongholds of Jeshimon (1 Samuel 23:19). Saul searched for David in the wilderness of Ziph and Jeshimon (1 Samuel 23:24), and later camped in Jeshimon when pursuing David (1 Samuel 26:1, 3). The exact location of Jeshimon is not certain, but it is believed to be in the eastern part of the Judean Desert, near the Dead Sea.

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