עקרב
Hebrew
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʕaḳrab-. Compare Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab) and Classical Syriac ܥܩܪܒܐ (ʿeqarbā).
Pronunciation
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʕaqˈraːb/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʕaqˈrɔːv/, [ʕaqˈʀɔː.ɔv]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʕaqˈrɔv/, [ʕaqˈrɔːv]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /akˈʁav/, (backformed from the plural also) /akˈʁab/
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Noun
עַקְרָב • (akráv) m (plural indefinite עַקְרַבִּים, singular construct עַקְרַב־, plural construct עַקְרַבֵּי־)
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | עַקְרָב | first | עַקְרַבִּי | עַקְרַבֵּנוּ | ||
| definite | הָעַקְרָב | second | עַקְרַבְּךָ | עַקְרַבֵּךְ | עַקְרַבְּכֶם | עַקְרַבְּכֶן | |
| construct | עַקְרַב־ | third | עַקְרַבּוֹ | עַקְרַבָּהּ | עַקְרַבָּם | עַקְרַבָּן | |
| plural | indefinite | עַקְרַבִּים | first | עקרביי / עַקְרַבַּי | עַקְרַבֵּינוּ | ||
| definite | הָעַקְרַבִּים | second | עַקְרַבֶּיךָ | עקרבייך / עַקְרַבַּיִךְ | עַקְרַבֵּיכֶם | עַקְרַבֵּיכֶן | |
| construct | עַקְרַבֵּי־ | third | עַקְרַבָּיו | עַקְרַבֶּיהָ | עַקְרַבֵּיהֶם | עַקְרַבֵּיהֶן | |
Proper noun
עַקְרָב • (akráv) m
- (astronomy) Scorpio (Scorpius)
- (astrology) Scorpio (the zodiac sign for the scorpion, ruled by Mars and covering October 23 - November 22 (tropical astrology) or November 16 - December 15 (sidereal astrology))
See also
| Zodiac signs in Hebrew (layout · text) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
טָלֶה (Talé) |
שׁוֹר (Shor) |
תְּאוֹמִים (Te'omím) |
סַרְטָן (Sartán) | ||||||||
אַרְיֵה (Aryé) |
בְּתוּלָה (Betulá) |
מאזניים (Moznáyim) |
עַקְרָב (Akráv) | ||||||||
קַשָּׁת (Kashát) |
גְּדִי (Gdi) |
דְּלִי (Dli) |
דָּגִים (Dagím) | ||||||||