Lexical Definition

‎מַזָּלָה‎ mazzâlâh (maz-zaw-law') constellation ^H:N-F
apparently from ‎נָזַל‎ in the sense of raining

planet. Compare ‎מַזָּרָה‎.

• a constellation, i.e. Zodiacal sign (perhaps as affecting the weather)

1) constellations
1a) signs of zodiac (maybe)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַזָּלוֺת‎ noun [feminine] plural constellations, perhaps signs of the zodiac (probably loan-word from Assyrian manzaltu, mazaltu, station, abode (of gods) Dl^{HWB 457; Prol. 142} Jen^{Kosmologie 348}; compare Late Hebrew ‎מַזָּלוֺת‎, id.; ‎מַזָּל‎ Aramaic ‎מַזָּלָא‎, star of fortune or fatePhoenician ‎זל נעם‎[‎מ‎] CIS^{95, 8} (Vog; bilingual inscription; Greek ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ); Syriac zodiac PS¹⁰⁹; mansiones lunae, Lexicons, PS²³³²; Arabic (loan-word according to Hoffm^{ZAW iii. 1883, 110}. Suidas μαζουρωθ = ζωδία); — only ‎׳‎‎לַמַּזּ‎ 2Kgs 23:5 as object of worship (+ ‎בֵּעַל‎, ‎שֶׁמֶשׁ‎, ‎יָרֵחַ‎, and ‎כָּלצְֿבָא הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם‎) ᵐ5 τοῖς μαζουρωθ; probably= ‎מַזַּרוֺת‎ Job 38:32. ‎מַזְלֵג‎, [‎מִזְלָגָה‎] see ‎זלג‎. ‎מְזִמָּה‎ see ‎זמם‎..‎מִזְמוֺר‎ see I. ‎זמר‎. ‎מְזַמֶּרֶת‎, ‎מַזְמֵרָה‎ see II. ‎זמר‎. ‎מִזְעָר‎ see ‎זער‎.

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