Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jason Hare <jaihare AT gmail.com>]

Now we just need a Hebrew word for "planet" specifically, as opposed
to "star." These were not "stars" that were named at all.

I know that there's כוכב לכת and פלנטה, but neither of these is really
satisfactory. What do you think?

Jason Hare

On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Gary Hedrick <GaryH AT cjfm.org> wrote:
> Amazing, indeed, Yigal. Thanks for sharing this tangentially-related
> tidbit!
>
> Gary Hedrick
>
> On Dec 31, 2009, at 12:21 AM, Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
> wrote:
>
>> While not specifically biblical, this is certainly interesting:
>>
>> Yigal Levin
>>
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