qa.dim denotes the east as a direction, boundary, or orientation, and in several passages identifies an east wind.

The term most often marks the eastern direction in descriptions of gates, approaches, sides, and territorial boundaries. In a smaller group of passages, it identifies an east wind whose force affects locusts, the sea, vegetation, or a ship.

1. Eastern direction, side, or approach · dominant

   The noun marks the direction or side toward which a gate faces, a person moves, or a measured area extends. In Ezekiel 40:6 the APB renders a gate “toward the east”; in Ezekiel 43:2 it renders the glory’s coming “from the way of the east”; and Ezekiel 48:23 describes a tribal portion “from the eastern side to the western side.”

   Ezekiel 40:6Ezekiel 43:2Ezekiel 47:3Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:23Ezekiel 48:32
2. East wind · occasional

   In these clauses the noun identifies the wind associated with the east and its effects. In Exodus 10:13 the APB renders the wind that lifts the locusts as an “east wind”; Exodus 14:21 describes a strong wind driving back the sea; and Ezekiel 19:12 portrays it drying fruit.

   Exodus 10:13Exodus 14:21Ezekiel 17:10Ezekiel 19:12Ezekiel 27:26

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with “east,” “eastern,” or “eastward” in directional descriptions, and with “east wind” where the clause concerns wind. These renderings confirm the clauses’ overall orientation or weather imagery rather than assign an English equivalent token by token.