Solomon ben Elijah Sharbit Ha-Zahab was a Jewish astronomer, poet, and grammarian; he lived at Salonica and later at Ephesus, in the second half of the fourteenth century.
Moritz Steinschneider supposes that the name "Sharbiṭ ha-Zahab" is the Hebrew equivalent of the Greek name "Chrysakokka," borne by the translator of the Persian "Astronomical Tables," which Solomon rendered into Hebrew, perhaps under the title "Mahalak ha-Kokabim" (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS. No.
In addition to these translations, Solomon wrote "Ḥesheḳ Shelomoh," a grammatical treatise (Bibliothèque Nationale MS. No.
1042); a commentary written at the request of some prominent Jews of Ephesus on the "Sefer ha-Shem" of ibn Ezra; and a great number of liturgical poems, some of which are found in the Roman Maḥzor.
Solomon wrote also a commentary on the Pentateuch, in which he vehemently attacked Karaite Biblical interpretations.