בתולה

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *batūl-. Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎁𐎚𐎍𐎚 (btlt), Aramaic בְּתוּלְתָּא (bəṯūltā), Arabic بَتُول (batūl).

Pronunciation

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Noun

בְּתוּלָה • (betulá) f (plural indefinite בְּתוּלוֹת, singular construct בְּתוּלַת־, plural construct בְּתוּלוֹת־, masculine counterpart בָּתוּל)

1. virgin (female who has never had sexual intercourse)

Related terms

• בְּתוּלִים

References

• H1330 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Proper noun

בְּתוּלָה • (betulá) f

1. (astronomy) Virgo (: A constellation in the zodiac, imagined in the shape of a maiden, that contains the bright binary star Spica)
2. (astrology) Virgo (: The zodiac sign for the virgin, ruled by Mercury, that covers August 23 – September 23 (tropical astrology) or September 16 – October 15 (sidereal astrology))

See also

Zodiac signs in Hebrew (layout · text)
טָלֶה (Talé)	שׁוֹר (Shor)	תְּאוֹמִים (Te'omim)	סַרְטָן (Sartan)
אַרְיֵה (Aryé)	בְּתוּלָה (Betulá)	מאזניים (Moznayim)	עַקְרָב (Akrav)
קַשָּׁת (Kashat)	גְּדִי (Gdi)	דְּלִי (Dli)	דָּגִים (Dagim)

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew בְּתוּלָה.

Noun

בתולה • (psule) f, plural בתולות (psules)

1. virgin (female)