1. The first number is the number of columns you count from the top left
    hand side.
2. The second number is the number of rows you count down from the top
3. The third is the direction the word is going in the puzzle 

In the examples below with the word JABAL (7,1,E) you would count
seven columns from the top-lefthand side of the puzzle, then one row
down the puzzle to get the first letter of the word, then you would look
(E) east for the rest of the word.

The word PELEG below would read 14 columns from the top lefthand corner
then 11 rows down from the top of the puzzle to get the first letter of the word
then consider the direction the word is going starting with the first letter
in this case it is (NW) north-west which means up and to the left