(unknown lemma 1960)
מַזָּלוֹת
mazzālôt̲
Hebrew noun
Last edited: 2025-09-29| Primary meaning | constellation? |
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| Literal translation | station? |
| Variants | מַזָּלוֹת mazzālôt̲ |
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constellations? celestial object
וְהִשְׁבִּ֣ית אֶת־הַכְּמָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָֽתְנוּ֙ מַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיְקַטֵּ֤ר בַּבָּמוֹת֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וּמְסִבֵּ֖י יְרֽוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְאֶת־הַֽמְקַטְּרִ֣ים לַבַּ֗עַל לַשֶּׁ֤מֶשׁ וְלַיָּרֵ֙חַ֙ וְלַמַּזָּל֔וֹת וּלְכֹ֖ל צְבָ֥א הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃
wəhišbît̲ ʾet̲-hakkəmārîm ʾăšer nāt̲ənû malk̲ê yəhûd̲āh wayqaṭṭēr babbāmôt̲ bəʿārê yəhûd̲āh ûməsibbê yərûšālā͏im wəʾet̲-hamməqaṭṭərîm labbaʿal laššemeš wəlayyārēaḥ wəlammazzālôt̲ ûlək̲ōl ṣəb̲āʾ haššāmāyim.
‘He suppressed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to make offerings at the shrines in the towns of Judah and in the environs of Jerusalem, and those who made offerings to Baal, to the sun and moon and constellations—all the host of heaven.’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). מַזָּלוֹת (Lemma #1954). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1954/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). מַזָּלוֹת (Lemma #1954). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1954/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). מַזָּלוֹת (Lemma #1954). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1954/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) מַזָּלוֹת (Lemma #1954), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1954/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1954,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2025},
title = {מַזָּלוֹת ({Lemma} #1954)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1954/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1954/},
}