tsa.re.tan is a proper place-name used to locate a city, district boundary, and Jordan-plain setting.

The term is consistently a proper place-name used in geographic notices: Adam is described as beside it, a district is located in relation to it, and a clay-ground setting is placed between it and Succoth.

1. Geographic place-name in location notices · dominant

   In Joshua 3:16, the noun proper form identifies the place beside Adam as the waters stand and the people cross. In 1 Kings 4:12 the APB renders a district as lying beside it below Jezreel, while in 1 Kings 7:46 it renders the casting site as between Succoth and it.

   Joshua 3:161 Kings 4:121 Kings 7:46

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "Zarethan" in all three verses, within geographic descriptions. These renderings confirm the verses' location notices rather than isolate every contribution of the Hebrew form.