tsiq.lag is a proper place-name marking a settlement associated with David’s movements, residence, and conflict.

The term is used consistently as the proper name of a settlement: it appears in settlement lists, in the account of its being given to David, and as the location to which David and his men came, where David lived, and where conflict occurred.

1. A named settlement · dominant

   The supplied forms are tagged Noun · Proper in every occurrence. In Joshua 15:31 and Joshua 19:5, the APB renders the name within lists of places; in 1 Samuel 27:6 it renders the clause in which Achish gave the place to David, and in 1 Samuel 30:1 it names the place raided and burned.

   Joshua 15:31Joshua 19:51 Samuel 27:61 Samuel 30:12 Samuel 1:1Nehemiah 11:28

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB consistently presents the proper name as “Ziklag,” whether it occurs in a place list, as David’s location, or as the place attacked. It confirms the verse-level setting rather than supplying a separate lexical nuance.