qa.desh is a proper place name used for a settlement, wilderness area, waters, and boundary landmark in biblical narratives.

The term is consistently used as a proper place name: people come to, remain at, depart from, or dwell near it, while other passages identify waters and a wilderness or boundary by reference to it.

1. A named location in travel, settlement, and landmarks · dominant

   All supplied tokens are tagged Noun · Proper and identify the same kind of geographic referent. In Numbers 20:1 the APB renders the people as settling there; in Numbers 20:16 it calls it "a city at the end of your border," while Numbers 27:14 locates Meribah's waters there in the wilderness of Zin. Genesis 16:14 places a well between it and Bered, and Ezekiel 47:19 uses the waters of Meriboth Kadesh in describing a southern boundary.

   Numbers 20:1Numbers 20:16Numbers 27:14Genesis 16:14Ezekiel 47:19Numbers 33:37

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB generally presents the name as "Kadesh" in travel, settlement, and location clauses. In water and boundary descriptions it also uses forms such as "Meribath Kadesh" and "Meriboth Kadesh"; these are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.