Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Pere Porta <pporta7 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
>
>
> (KR)
> 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.
>
>  (PP)
>
As a first approach, I'd say that the singular of MZLWT (2K 23:5) is MZL,
the same as the singular of MS(WT, journeys, is MS(, journey (or
missile) (1Ki 6:7).
Which are the other two possibilities?

Pere Porta
(Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)