Lexical Summary mazzaloth: constellations, perhaps signs of the zodiac Original Word: מַזָּלָהTransliteration: mazzaloth Phonetic Spelling: (maz-zaw-law') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: constellations, perhaps signs of the zodiac Meaning: constellations, perhaps signs of the zodiac Strong's Concordance planet Apparently from nazal in the sense of raining; a constellation, i.e. Zodiacal sign (perhaps as affecting the weather) -- planet. Compare mazzarah. see HEBREW nazal see HEBREW mazzarah Brown-Driver-Briggs H4208. mazzaloth מַזָּלוֺת noun [feminine] plural constellations, perhaps signs of the zodiac (probably loan-word from Assyrian manzaltu, mazaltu, station, abode (of gods) DlHWB 457; Prol. 142 JenKosmologie 348; compare Late Hebrew מַזָּלוֺת, id.; מַזָּל Aramaic מַזָּלָא, star of fortune or fatePhoenician נעם זל[מ] CIS95, 8 (Vog; bilingual inscription; Greek ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ); Syriac zodiac PS109; mansiones lunae, Lexicons, PS2332; Arabic (loan-word according to HoffmZAW iii. 1883, 110. Suidas μαζουρωθ = ζωδία); — only ׳לַמַּזּ 2 Kings 23:5 as object of worship (+ יָרֵחַ שֶׁמֶשׁ, בֵּעַל,, and הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם כָּלצְֿבָא) ᵐ5 τοῖς μαζουρωθ; probably= מַזַּרוֺת Job 38:32. מַזְלֵג, [מִזְלָגָה] see זלג. מְזִמָּה see זמם.. מִזְמוֺר see I. זמר. מַזְמֵרָה מְזַמֶּרֶת, see II. זמר. מִזְעָר see זער. I. מזר (? √ of following so Thes781 compare BaNB §164 c; otherwise GeiUrschrift 52: Late Hebrew מָזַר and Aramaic be bad (of eggs), Arabic be foul, corrupt). |
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