East wind @ the wind coming from the east Job:27:21; Isaiah:27:8, etc.). Blight caused by this wind, "thin ears" Genesis:41:6); the withered "gourd" Jonah:4:8). It was the cause and also the emblem of evil Ezekiel:17:10Ezekiel:19:12; Hosea:13:15). In Palestine this wind blows from a burning desert, and hence is destitute of moisture necessary for vegetation.