Mazzaroth
Biblical term for the Zodiac / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mazzaroth (Hebrew Transliteration: מַזָּרוֹת Mazzārōṯ, LXX Μαζουρωθ, Mazourōth) is a Biblical Hebrew Word found in the Book of Job (38:32) and literally meaning "constellations," according to 10th-century biblical exegete Saadia Gaon,[1] while others interpret the word as Garland of Crowns,[2] but its context is that of Astronomical Constellations, and it is often interpreted as a term for the Zodiac or the Constellations thereof.[3] (Job 38:31–32). The similar word mazalot (מַּזָּלוֹת) in 2 Kings 23:3–5 may be related.
The word itself is a hapax legomenon (i.e., a word appearing only once in a text) of the Hebrew Bible. In Yiddish, the term mazalot came to be used in the sense of "astrology" in general, surviving in the expression "mazel tov," meaning "good fortune."[4]