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Headword:
*mazourw/q
Adler number: mu,40
Translated headword: Mazouroth
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] the constellations of stars, ordinarily called the zodiac. Some say the word is Hebrew, and that it also signifies the dog star.
Greek Original:*mazourw/q: ta\ susth/mata tw=n a)ste/rwn, a(\ e)n th=| sunhqei/a| zw/|dia kalou=ntai. *(ebrai+sti\ de\ tine/s fasi le/gesqai th\n le/cin, shmai/nein de\ kai\ to\n a)strw=|on ku/na.
Notes:
Likewise in other lexica: see the references at
Photius mu21 Theodoridis.
The headword is a transliterated Hebrew word, and the comment comes from ancient commentary on
Job 38:32, which has מזרות
mazarot. But 2
Kings 23:5 (corresponding to IV
Kingdoms 23.5
LXX) has מזלות
mazalot, which is the more common form; and the
Septuagint has
mazourw/q in both places.
Mazarot may be a very unusual variant for
mazalot, which means the 12 constellations. Notice the
Vulgate to 2
Kings 23:5, which explicitly says the 12 constellations. (note from Raphael Finkel).
Extensive notes on this word are available at web address 1. On the zodiac, see
zeta 123,
epsilon 2824,
kappa 2654; on the dog star, see
sigma 285.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; religion; science and technology
Translated by: Ross Scaife ✝ on 13 May 2002@12:32:55.
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