ישימון

Possibly related to Hebrew ישימות (yeshimót?, “desolation?”), which is probably a scribal error. Cognate with Classical Syriac ܐܫܝܡܘܢ (ʾăšīmōn).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /je.ʃiˈmon/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jə.ʃi(ː)ˈmoːn/

יְשִׁימוֹן • (y'shimón) m

1. (geography, poetic) desert, wasteland, specifically in regard to the wilderness the Israelites wandered in after the Exodus

   Synonym: מדבר (midbár)

   • 1945, “הביתה [Homewards]”, אהרון אשמן [Aharon Ashman] (lyrics), ידידיה אדמון [Yedidya Admon] (music)‎^[1]:

     מִמִּזְרָח וּמִיָּם וּמִכָּל הָאַפְסַיִם
     מִכֵּפֵי יְשִׁימוֹן וּמִנֵּבֶךְ הַמַּיִם
     בּוֹעֲרִים לְבָבוֹת, מוּשָׁטוֹת הַיָּדַיִם –
     הַבַּיְתָה

     mimizrákh umiyám umikól ha'afsáyim
     mikefé y'shimón uminévekh hamáyim
     bo'arím l'vavót, mushatót hayadáyim
     habáyta

     From the east and from the sea and from all the ends
     From the crags of Yeshimon and from the depths of the water
     Hearts burning, hands shaking
     Homeward

יְשִׁימוֹן • (Y'shimón) m

1. (with definite article) a wilderness frequented by David as an outlaw, oftentimes referred to as "(the) Jeshimon"

• H3452 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible