ye.shi.mon denotes a wilderness region or desolate expanse, used both as a landmark and as a setting of scarcity.

The term most often marks a desolate wilderness setting, where people wander, rebel, or receive water; it also identifies a geographic expanse used to locate hills, camps, and nearby places.

1. Desolate wilderness setting · dominant

   In Deuteronomy 32:10 the noun occurs in the clause the APB renders "the howling waste of Jeshimon," where care and protection are described there. In Isaiah 43:19 and Isaiah 43:20, rivers are made in this setting, while Psalm 106:14 and Psalm 78:40 place testing and rebellion in the wilderness or wasteland.

   Deuteronomy 32:10Isaiah 43:19Isaiah 43:20Psalm 106:14Psalm 107:4Psalm 78:40
2. Geographic expanse used for location · common

   In 1 Samuel 23:19 and 1 Samuel 23:24, locations are described as south of it, and in 1 Samuel 26:1 and 1 Samuel 26:3 Gibeath Hachilah is located on or facing it. Numbers 21:20 and Numbers 23:28 likewise describe vantage points looking down on or overlooking its face.

   1 Samuel 23:191 Samuel 23:241 Samuel 26:11 Samuel 26:3Numbers 21:20Numbers 23:28

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB often presents the term as "Jeshimon" in geographic descriptions and as "wasteland" in Psalms; it also uses "Jeshimon" where rivers are made there in Isaiah 43:19 and Isaiah 43:20. These renderings show the verse-level presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.