Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jason Hare <jaihare AT gmail.com>]

Karl:

On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 11:45 PM, K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com> wrote:
> Jason:
>
> 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.

The term מזלות is already applied in modern Hebrew to the signs of the zodiac.
It isn't applied to the planets themselves.
As far as I know, this is an old use of the term. Does it specifically
mean "planets" in the Tanakh at some point?

Thanks,
Jason Hare