Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com>]

 (UH)

>   What is wrong with "Kohav Lekhet", Jason?
>
>   (PP) Uri, while hoping Jason will replay, I think Jason does not mean
> that "Kohav Lekhet" is a bad solution for "planet". He simply means that
> surely a better denomination could be found to mean "planet".
>
The same as we have "Igeret" or "Miktav" for "letter (to be sent by post or
received through the post)" and no more "k'tuv shiluah" (a written to
send)...
The issue is not "this is wrong" but "it could be better".

Hearty,

Pere Porta
(Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)


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>   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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Pere Porta
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(1Cor 15:32)