Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Jason:

On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 5:19 AM, Jason Hare <jaihare AT gmail.com> wrote:

> 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



Why not use the Biblical term מזלות which is plural, used only once in
Tanakh? With that being the plural, what would have been the singular for
that noun? There are three possibilities.

Karl W. Randolph.