סרטנא
srṭnʾ

Aramaic noun

Last edited: 2024-11-25
Primary meaning Cancer
Literal translation the crab
Variants
סרטנא srṭnʾ
Edited by
Cancer zodiac sign

ב//////// וב///////// ס̇[רטנא ב¬ וב¬/ א]ריא ב¬// וב[¬/// וב¬////]

b8 wb9 s[rṭnʾ b10 wb11 ʾ]ryʾ b12 wb[13 wb14]

‘in 8 in 9 Cancer, [in 10 and 11 L]eo, in 12 and[ in 13 and in 14]’

— 4Q318 col. vii lines 1, 6; col. viii line 2

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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). סרטנא (Lemma #2586). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2586/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). סרטנא (Lemma #2586). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2586/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). סרטנא (Lemma #2586). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2586/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) סרטנא (Lemma #2586), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2586/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2586,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {סרטנא ({Lemma} #2586)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2586/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2586/},
}