תאומיא
tʾwmyʾ

Aramaic noun
calqued from Akkadian

Last edited: 2024-11-04
Primary meaning Gemini
Literal translation the twins
Variants
תאומיא tʾwmyʾ
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Gemini zodiac sign

‏vacat אם בתאומיא ירעם דחלא ומרע מנכריא ומ[

ʾm btʾwmyʾ yrʿm dḥlh wmrʿ mnkryʾ wm[

‘(vacat) If in Gemini it thunders, (there will be) fear and sickness from the foreigners and m[’

— 4Q318 col. viii line 9

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


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). תאומיא (Lemma #2585). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2585/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). תאומיא (Lemma #2585). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2585/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). תאומיא (Lemma #2585). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2585/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) תאומיא (Lemma #2585), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2585/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2585,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {תאומיא ({Lemma} #2585)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2585/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2585/},
}