〈ϣⲱⲡϣ〉 šôpš ‘Ursa Major’
〈Ἄρκτος〉 Arktos ‘Ursa Major’
〈—〉 msḫ.ṱ ‘Ursa Major’
〈—〉 ḫpš ‘Ursa Major’
〈Ἄμαξα〉 Amaxa ‘Ursa Major’
〈septentriones〉 ‘Ursa Major’
〈Μεγάλη Ἄρκτος〉 Megalē Arktos ‘Ursa Major’
עַיִשׁ
ʿayiš
Hebrew noun
Last edited: 2025-04-26| Primary meaning | Aldebaran? Ursa Major? Leo? |
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| Literal translation | ? |
| Variants | עַיִשׁ ʿayiš Job 38:12 עָשׁ ʿāš Job 9:9 |
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Aldebaran? Ursa Major? Leo? constellation, star
עֹֽשֶׂה־עָ֭שׁ כְּסִ֥יל וְכִימָ֗ה וְחַדְרֵ֥י תֵמָֽן׃
ʿōśeh-ʿāš kəsîl wək̲îmāh wəḥad̲rê t̲ēmān.
‘Who made the Bear(?) and Orion, Pleiades, and the chambers of the south wind;’
הֲתֹצִ֣יא מַזָּר֣וֹת בְּעִתּ֑וֹ וְ֝עַ֗יִשׁ עַל־בָּנֶ֥יהָ תַנְחֵֽם׃
hăt̲ōṣîʾ mazzārôt̲ bəʿittô wəʿayiš ʿal-bānêhā t̲anḥēm.
‘Can you lead out Mazzaroth(?) in its season, Conduct the Bear with her sons?’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). עַיִשׁ (Lemma #1956). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1956/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). עַיִשׁ (Lemma #1956). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1956/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). עַיִשׁ (Lemma #1956). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1956/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) עַיִשׁ (Lemma #1956), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1956/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1956,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2025},
title = {עַיִשׁ ({Lemma} #1956)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1956/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1956/},
}