stargazer

noun

«stargazer» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

Isaiah mocks the stargazers of Babylon, who claimed to read the future in the sky.

Interpretation. The Torah forbids telling the future by the stars, and tradition reads this verse as showing that such wisdom cannot save anyone from what God decrees.

Meaning

A person who studies the stars, especially to tell the future. tree →

Examples

Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels; let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee. (Prophets ISA.47.13, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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On Mova

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