ma.a.rav denotes the western direction or side, used for locations, movement, and east-to-west contrasts.

The term marks the western direction or side in geographical descriptions, movement, and directional contrasts: locations lie west of a landmark, people or things come or are gathered from that direction, and west is set alongside east or the sun's setting.

1. Western direction or side · dominant

   The singular noun identifies a western location or direction: in 1 Chronicles 26:16 the APB renders the assignment "westward," and in 2 Chronicles 33:14 it places the wall "west of Gihon." It also marks movement or extent, as Daniel 8:5 describes the goat coming "from the west," while Psalm 103:12 contrasts east and west.

   1 Chronicles 26:161 Chronicles 26:302 Chronicles 33:14Daniel 8:5Isaiah 43:5Psalm 103:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly makes the directional reference explicit with "west," "westward," or "west of," and it also presents it in east-west pairings and the sun's "setting." These renderings confirm the clauses' directional setting rather than supplying a separate definition.