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''Mazzaroth'' (''Mazarot'' מַזָּרוֹת, LXX μαζουρωθ) is a hapax legomenon (i.e., a word appearing only once in a text) of the Hebrew Bible, found in . The similar word ''mazalot'' (מַּזָּלוֹת) in may be related. The word's precise meaning is uncertain〔(Jewish Encyclopedia: Constellations ), accessed 2010-02-13. Norman C. Habel, ''The Book of Job: A Commentary'', Westminster John Knox Press, 1985, p. 523, ISBN 0-664-22218-8.〕 but its context is that of astronomical constellations, and it is often interpreted as a term for the zodiac or the constellations thereof.〔Franz Delitzsch, ''Biblical Commentary on the Book of Job'', Volume 2, T. & T. Clark, 1866, p. 324.〕 In Yiddish, the term ''mazalot'' came to be used in the sense of "astrology" in general, surviving in the expression "mazel tov," meaning "good luck."〔(Jewish Encyclopedia: Astrology ), accessed 2010-02-13.〕 ==Biblical context== The appearance of the word in the Book of Job appears in the context of various astronomical phenomena: :"Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her sons?" (JPS 1917)〔(The Hebrew Bible in English according to the JPS 1917 Edition, Job Chapter 38. )〕 The related word ''mazalot'' (מַּזָּלוֹת) in 2 Kings may have a different meaning, and is often translated differently, with the linkage of this word to the planets or the zodiac being more widely held (in Kabbalistic astrology, ''mazalot'' was also used for astrology in general,〔Tamar Rudavsky, ''Time Matters: Time, Creation, and Cosmology in Medieval Jewish Philosophy'', SUNY Press, 2000, p. 25, ISBN 0-7914-4453-8.〕 and the word may be related to the Assyrian ''manzaltu'', "station"〔James Hastings (ed), ''Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics'', Part 23, Kessinger Publishing (reprint), 2003, pp. 82–83, ISBN 0-7661-3703-1.〕): :And the king stood on the platform, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep His commandments, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all his heart, and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book; and all the people stood to the covenant. And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el. And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to offer in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that offered unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.〔(The Hebrew Bible in English according to the JPS 1917 Edition, 2 Kings Chapter 23. )〕 The Septuagint, however, uses the transliteration ''mazzaroth'' (μαζουρωθ) again at this point.〔(The Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), Kings IV, Chapter 23. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mazzaroth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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