tsim.ma.on denotes dry, waterless ground in scenes of wilderness, transformation, and desolation.

The attested use depicts waterless, dry ground: a wilderness lacking water, ground transformed into springs, and land made thirsty as waters are removed.

1. Waterless or thirsty ground · dominant

   All three occurrences use the masculine singular absolute noun for land in relation to water. In Deuteronomy 8:15 the APB renders a wilderness setting as “parched ground where there was no water”; in Isaiah 35:7 it describes the dry place becoming “springs of water”; and in Psalm 107:33 it renders the result of turning springs away as “thirsty ground.”

   Deuteronomy 8:15Isaiah 35:7Psalm 107:33

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with varying descriptions of land—“parched ground,” “the parched,” and “thirsty ground”—within clauses concerning the absence, arrival, or removal of water. These phrases show the verses' presentation rather than fixed English equivalents.