קשתא

qštʾ
Aramaic · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-11-25
Meanings
Literal translation
the bow/the bowman
Categories
zodiac sign
Related Lemmata 8 ›

1. Sagittarius

1.a Sagittarius zodiac sign

‏[ב¬/]///////// וב3 קש[תא ב3// וב3/// ג]דיא [ב3//// וב3/////]

[b1]9 wb20 qš[tʾ b22 wb23 g]dyʾ [b24 wb25]

‘in [1]9 and in 20, and < in 21 > Sagitt[arius, in 22 and in 23 Cap]ricorn, [in 24 and in 25]’

— 4Q318 vii 3, 8, viii 4

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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). קשתא (Lemma #2591). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2591/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). קשתא (Lemma #2591). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2591/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). קשתא (Lemma #2591). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2591/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) קשתא (Lemma #2591), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2591/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2591,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {קשתא ({Lemma} #2591)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2591/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2591/},
}