e.tam is a proper place name marking a camp, departure point, and wilderness area in Israel’s journey.

The proper noun identifies a location at the edge of the wilderness where the travelers camped, then departed; it also names the wilderness associated with their subsequent journey.

1. Place on the route of travel · dominant

   The form is tagged as a proper noun in each occurrence. In Exodus 13:20 the APB renders the travelers as camping “at Etham on the edge of the wilderness”; Numbers 33:6 repeats that camp location, and Numbers 33:7 presents it as the place from which they set out.

   Exodus 13:20Numbers 33:6Numbers 33:7
2. Wilderness identified by the place name · rare

   In Numbers 33:8, the proper noun occurs in the phrase rendered by the APB as “the wilderness of Etham,” identifying the wilderness through which the travelers made their three-days’ journey before camping at Marah.

   Numbers 33:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Etham” in each verse: as a place where the travelers camp or from which they depart, and in Numbers 33:8 within “the wilderness of Etham.” These renderings confirm the verse-level setting rather than isolate every grammatical relation.