The waste, probably some high waste land to the south of the Dead Sea ([Num. 21:20](/num#Num.21.20); [23:28](/num#Num.23.28); [1 Sam. 23:19](/1sam#1Sam.23.19), [24](/1sam#1Sam.23.24)); or rather not a proper name at all, but simply “the waste” or “wilderness,” the district on which the plateau of Ziph (q.v.) looks down.