wilderness of Zin

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The wilderness of Zin is a desert region mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as part of the Israelites’ wanderings in the Sinai area.

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Label Occurrences
wilderness of Zin canonical 3

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical desert region
place in the Hebrew Bible
associatedWith Exodus from Egypt
surface form: Exodus narrative

Israelites
Moses
describedAs desert
wilderness
distinguishedFrom Wilderness of Sin
etymology name possibly related to Hebrew root for “thorn” or “palm branch” (uncertain)
hasBiblicalEvent linked to biblical Wilderness of Zin
surface form: Israelites’ encampment at Kadesh (Numbers 20) (traditional association)

sending of spies from Kadesh (Numbers 13) (traditional association)
hasNameVariant Desert of Zin
Midbar Tzin
hasUncertainLocation true
languageOfName Hebrew
locatedIn Sinai Peninsula
surface form: Sinai region

desert region south of Canaan (biblical context)
southern Levant (traditional identification)
mentionedIn Book of Deuteronomy
Book of Numbers
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
neighboringRegion Edom
surface form: Edom (biblical context)

Land of Canaan
surface form: land of Canaan (biblical context)
partOf Israelites’ wilderness wanderings
religion Christianity (scriptural context)
Islam
surface form: Islam (scriptural context via shared narratives)

Judaism (scriptural context)
subjectOf archaeological surveys in the Negev and northern Sinai (identification attempts)
biblical geography studies
terrainType arid
desert plateau (traditional identification)
rocky
timePeriod Late Bronze Age / early Iron Age (biblical setting)

Referenced by (3)

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Miriam diedIn wilderness of Zin
Wandering in the Wilderness location wilderness of Zin
Kadesh locatedIn wilderness of Zin