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# astrologer

«astrologer» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A person who studies the stars and planets and claims to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (astrologers)

### meaning for a pupil

A person who studies the stars and planets and claims to tell what will happen from them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/astrologer/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Daniel it means one of the Babylonian wise men who claimed to read the stars and explain dreams. They could not tell the king's dream. Interpretation: The story shows that only God, through Daniel, can reveal secrets. Tradition reads it as a lesson that the stars and magic have no real power over Israel. In the primary lessons: in tales the wise man at a king's court who reads the stars and advises the ruler

### examples

- The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. (Writings DAN.5.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/astrologer/#x1)
- Daniel answered before the king, and said: 'The secret which the king hath asked can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor astrologers, declare unto the king; (Writings DAN.2.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/astrologer/#x2)
- Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof. (Writings DAN.4.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/astrologer/#x3)
- The king called for his astrologer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/astrologer/#x4)
- The astrologer gazed at the sky all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/astrologer/#x5)
- Marzavan had an astrologer's dress made for the prince. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/astrologer/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.150/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «astrologer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/astrologer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.