תורא

twrʾ
Aramaic · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-11-25
Meanings
Literal translation
the ox
Categories
zodiac sign
Related Lemmata 6 ›

1. Taurus

1.a Taurus 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 vii 5, viii 1

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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). תורא (Lemma #2583). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2583/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). תורא (Lemma #2583). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2583/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). תורא (Lemma #2583). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2583/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) תורא (Lemma #2583), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2583/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2583,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {תורא ({Lemma} #2583)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2583/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2583/},
}