עקרבא
ʿqrbʾ

Aramaic noun

Last edited: 2024-11-25
Primary meaning Scorpio
Literal translation the scorpion
Variants
עקרבא ʿqrbʾ
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Scorpio zodiac sign

בתו[לתא] ב¬///// וב[¬////// מוזניא ב¬//]///// ב¬///[///// עקרבא]

btw[ltʾ] b15 wb[16 mwznyʾ b1[7 b18 ʿqrbʾ

‘Vir[go], in 15 and in [16 Libra, in 1]7 in 18 [Scorpio,]’

— 4Q318 vii 2, 7

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


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). עקרבא (Lemma #2590). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2590/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). עקרבא (Lemma #2590). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2590/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). עקרבא (Lemma #2590). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2590/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) עקרבא (Lemma #2590), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2590/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2590,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {עקרבא ({Lemma} #2590)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2590/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2590/},
}