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# stargazer

noun

«stargazer» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

Isaiah mocks the stargazers of Babylon, who claimed to read the future in the sky.

**Interpretation.** The Torah forbids telling the future by the stars, and tradition reads this verse as showing that such wisdom cannot save anyone from what God decrees.

### Meaning

A person who studies the stars, especially to tell the future. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stargazer/#m1)

### Examples

- Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels; let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee. (Prophets ISA.47.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stargazer/#x1)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stargazer» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stargazer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stargazer» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/stargazer.html) on Mova free.