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zin (צן, cin; ΣιÌν, SıÌn):
(1) A town in the extreme South of Judah, on the line separating that province from Edom, named between the ascent of Akrabbim and Kadesh-barnea (; ). It must have lain somewhere between Wâdy el-Fiḳra (the ascent of Akrabbim?) and ‛Ain Ḳadı̄s (Kadesh-barnea); but the site has not been recovered.
(2) The Wilderness of Zin is the tract deriving its name from the town (). It is identified with the wilderness of Kadesh in ; while in other places Kadesh is said to be in the wilderness of Zin (; ; ). We may take it that the two names refer to the same region. The spies, who set out from Kadesh-barnea, explored the land from the wilderness of Zin northward (; compare ). It bordered with Judah “at the uttermost part of the south†(). In this wilderness Moses committed the offense which cost him his hope of entering the promised land (; ). It is identical with the uplands lying to the North and Northwest of the wilderness of Paran, now occupied by the ‛Azazimeh Arabs.