אדר
ʾdr

Aramaic noun
loaned from Akkadian

Last edited: 2024-12-03
Primary meaning Adar (month XII)
Variants
אדר ʾdr
Edited by
Adar (month XII) month, time interval

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

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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). אדר (Lemma #2584). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2584/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). אדר (Lemma #2584). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2584/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). אדר (Lemma #2584). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2584/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) אדר (Lemma #2584), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2584/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2584,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {אדר ({Lemma} #2584)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2584/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2584/},
}