Like many other ancient civilizations, the ancient Hyberi were able to keep track of time and become successful at agriculture by utilizing a complex knowledge of the astronomical cycles and associated rhythms of nature.

The signs of the zodiacal constellations were known to them, as well as other constellations, some of which likely served timekeeping purposes, and others with more obscure purposes. Several constellation factored into their mythology.

See Amos 5:8, Job 38

• kecil is traditional interpreted as “Orion”
• kimeh is traditional interpreted as “Pleiades”
• yes is traditionally identified as “Ursa Major”¹⁾
• mezerot likely refers to the first stars to rise in the evening.

Contextual clues within the text do seem to partially confirm these proposed identities. 'kecil' and 'kimeh' usually appear together²⁾. Additionally, Job 38:31 is typically understood to refer to “binding the cluster of the Pleiades” and “loosening the belt of Orion”.

Job 9 and Job 38 also reference 'yes' which is a possible indication of another constellation located in the same vicinity³⁾. The traditional interpretation hence is somewhat more dubious, since Ursa Major is not located close to Orion and the Pleiades. Furthermore, one might expect that if yes really refers to “Ursa Minor” aka “the Great Bear”, it should bear some etymological resemblance to the Hebrew word for “bear”, deb or debim, so the fact that it doesn't casts further doubt on this identification.