מַזָּלוֹת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4208

constellations — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

constellations tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַזָּלוֹת: pl. constellations signs of the zodiac tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[f.]pl. constellations, perhaps signs of the zodiac (prob. loan-word from Assyrian manzaltu, mazaltu, station, abode (of gods) DlHWB 457; Prol 142 JenKosmologie 348; cf. NH מַזָּלוֹת, id. מַזָּל Aramaic מַזָּלָא, star of fortune or fate, Ph. [מז]ל נעם CISII 95. 5 (de Vogüé; bilingual inscr.; Gk. ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ); Syriac ܡܰܘܙܰܠܬܳܐ zodiac PS109 ܡܰܙ̈ܠܐܷ mansiones lunae, Lexx, PS2332; Arabic مَنَازِلُ (loan-word according to HoffmZAW iii. 1883, 110. Suidas μαζουρωθ = ζωδία);—only לַמַּזּ׳ 2 K 23:5 as obj. of worship (+ בַּעַל, שֶׁמֶשׁ, יָרֵחַ, and כָּל־צְבָא הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם) 𝔊 τοῖς μαζουρωθ; prob. = מַזָּרוֹת Jb 38:32.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: constellations (1).

In the verses

2 Kings 23:5 · tree →

וְהִשְׁבִּ֣ית אֶת־הַכְּמָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָֽתְנוּ֙ מַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיְקַטֵּ֤ר בַּבָּמוֹת֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וּמְסִבֵּ֖י יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְאֶת־הַֽמְקַטְּרִ֣ים לַבַּ֗עַל לַשֶּׁ֤מֶשׁ וְלַיָּרֵ֙חַ֙ וְלַמַּזָּל֔וֹת וּלְכֹ֖ל צְבָ֥א הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

Word for word: and he.removed (et) the.pagan priests whom they.had.appointed the.kings of.Judah and he.made.smoke at the.high places in the.cities of.Judah and the.surroundings of.Jerusalem and (et) [those who].made.smoke to (the) Baal to the sun and to the moon and to the constellations and to all the.host of the.heavens

JPS 1917: And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to offer in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that offered unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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