דכרא
dkrʾ

Aramaic noun

Last edited: 2024-11-25
Primary meaning Aries
Literal translation the male
Variants
דכרא dkrʾ
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Aries zodiac sign

אדר ב/ זב// דכרא ב/// וב//// תורא ב//[/// וב////// וב/////// תאומיא]

ʾdr b1 wb2 dkrʾ b3 wb4 twrʾ b[5 wb6 wb7 tʾwmyʾ]

‘Adar. In 1 and 2 Aries, in 3 and 4 Taurus, in 5 [and in 6 and in 7 Gemini]’

— 4Q318 viii 1, 6

H. Jacobus, 2015, Zodiac Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Their Reception 46


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). דכרא (Lemma #2582). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2582/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). דכרא (Lemma #2582). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2582/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). דכרא (Lemma #2582). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2582/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) דכרא (Lemma #2582), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2582/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2582,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {דכרא ({Lemma} #2582)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2582/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2582/},
}