עקרבא

ʿqrbʾ
Aramaic · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-11-25
Meanings
Literal translation
the scorpion
Categories
zodiac sign
Related Lemmata 7 ›

1. Scorpio

1.a 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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2590,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {עקרבא ({Lemma} #2590)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2590/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2590/},
}