west. See note on Num_2:3. Hebrew = sea, that being west.
Ephraim. The centre on the west side. The colors of the stones in fourth row of Exo_28:20. The sign, an ox (Deu_33:17. Eze_1:10. Rev_4:7). In the Zodiac, Ephraim and Manasseh are the two horns of Taurus, the bull. Ephraim, the younger, bears the standard, according to the blessing in Gen_48:14-20.