Mazzaroth

Cikin tambayoyin da aka yi wa Ayuba akwai wata kalma da ba a samu a wani wuri a Littafi Mai Tsarki ba: “Za ka iya tattara taurari bisa ga lokacinsu” (Ayuba 38:32). Ibranancin shi ne mazzaroth, KJV kuma ta bar shi yadda yake: Mazzaroth. Ba wanda ya san ma’anarsa da tabbaci. Bisa ga wani ra’ayi, yana nufin ƙungiyoyin taurari gaba ɗaya, kamar yadda yawancin fassarorin zamani suka fassara; bisa ga wani kuma, alamomi goma sha biyu na zodiac; wasu kuma suna ɗaukansa wata ƙungiyar taurari guda — Beyar, Hyades ko Rawanin Arewa.

Ana yawan danganta kalmar da mazzalot, “rukunin taurari” waɗanda ake ƙona wa turare kusa da Urushalima har Sarki Yosiya ya kawar da firistocinsu (2 Sarakuna 23:5). A Ibrananci na baya, mazzal ya zo yana nufin alamar zodiac, da kuma sa’a — daga nan ne gaisuwar mazal tov ta fito. Zodiac kanta, alamomin taurari goma sha biyu a hanyar da rana take bi kowace shekara, masanan taurari na Babilon ne suka tsara ta, a cikakken fasalinta kimanin shekarun 400 K.H. Ishaya ya yi wa masu duban taurari na Babilon ba’a, “waɗannan masu zāna taswirar sammai suna kuma faɗa miki dukan abin da zai faru da ke wata-wata” (Ishaya 47:13). Ƙarnoni da yawa bayan haka, majami’u kamar Hammat Tiberias (ƙarni na 4 B.H.) da Beth Alpha (ƙarni na 6) suna da da’irar zodiac a cikin shimfiɗar mosaic ɗinsu.