כּוֹכָב

kôk̲āb̲
Hebrew · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2025-05-11

Meanings
Literal translation
star
Categories
celestial object
Related Lemmata 9

1. star

1.a star celestial object

הָאֹמֵ֣ר לַ֭חֶרֶס וְלֹ֣א יִזְרָ֑ח וּבְעַ֖ד כּוֹכָבִ֣ים יַחְתֹּֽם׃

hāʾōmēr laḥeres wəlōʾ yizrāḥ ûb̲əʿad̲ kôk̲āb̲îm yaḥtōm.

‘Who commands the sun not to shine; Who seals up the stars;’

— Job 9 7


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). כּוֹכָב (Lemma #1950). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1950/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). כּוֹכָב (Lemma #1950). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1950/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). כּוֹכָב (Lemma #1950). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1950/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) כּוֹכָב (Lemma #1950), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1950/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1950,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {כּוֹכָב ({Lemma} #1950)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1950/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1950/},
}