דָּרוֹם

dārôm
Hebrew · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2025-05-05
Meanings
Literal translation
south
Categories
cardinal direction
Related Lemmata 6 ›

1. south

1.a south cardinal direction

הוֹלֵךְ֙ אֶל־דָּר֔וֹם וְסוֹבֵ֖ב אֶל־צָפ֑וֹן סוֹבֵ֤ב ׀ סֹבֵב֙ הוֹלֵ֣ךְ הָר֔וּחַ וְעַל־סְבִיבֹתָ֖יו שָׁ֥ב הָרֽוּחַ׃

hôlēk̲ ʾel-dārôm wəsôb̲ēb̲ ʾel-ṣāp̲ôn sôb̲ēb̲  sōb̲ēb̲ hôlēk̲ hārûaḥ wəʿal-səb̲îb̲ōt̲āyw šāb̲ hārûaḥ.

‘Southward blowing, Turning northward, Ever turning blows the wind; On its rounds the wind returns.’

— Ecclesiastes 1 6

Genre: religious text

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). דָּרוֹם (Lemma #2575). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2575/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). דָּרוֹם (Lemma #2575). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2575/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). דָּרוֹם (Lemma #2575). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2575/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) דָּרוֹם (Lemma #2575), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2575/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2575,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {דָּרוֹם ({Lemma} #2575)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2575/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2575/},
}