tsin is a proper name for a wilderness-area location, named in travel, settlement, and boundary descriptions.

The term is used as a proper name for a location described as a wilderness, a place entered and occupied by the congregation, a point traversed by boundaries, and the setting of events at Kadesh and the waters of Meribah.

1. Named wilderness-area location · dominant

   All supplied forms are tagged Noun · Proper and identify the same named location in wilderness and boundary clauses. In Numbers 20:1 the APB renders the congregation as coming into “the wilderness of Zin” and settling at Kadesh; in Numbers 34:4 it renders the southern border as passing through Zin. Deuteronomy 32:51 and Numbers 27:14 place the failure to consecrate God at the waters of Meribah in this wilderness.

   Numbers 20:1Numbers 34:4Deuteronomy 32:51Numbers 27:14Joshua 15:1Numbers 33:36

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB usually presents the name within “the wilderness of Zin,” while boundary itineraries render movement “through Zin.” These English phrases reflect the clauses' presentation of the named location rather than separate definitions.