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["Matthew Johnston" <MatthewJay AT hotmail.com>]

Hello all,

I am new the list and have some questions concerning Ugaritic (I am pretty 
sure this is an appropriate topic).  I am just looking for any advice or 
digital resources anyone might have concerning the study of the Ugaritic 
language.  I have studied Biblical Hebrew for about 2 years and and been 
studying (to the best of my ability) Ugaritic for 2 weeks or so.  I have A 
Primer on Ugaritic: Language, Culture and Literature by William M. 
Schniedewind and Joel H. Hunt and have found it helpful so far, but am 
feeling like a little more direction would be helpful.  With that background 
in mind here are some questions I have been having (any help with all or some 
would be greatly appreciated):

How important is it to learn how to reconstruct vowel (the whole process 
seems so subjective)?
Should I be memorizing vocabulary (right now I have just memorized a few 
words and the rest I just figure out based on my Hebrew/look up)?
Does anyone have any digital vocabulary cards (if people even make flashcards 
for Ugaritic vocabulary)?
Is the book I have (mentioned above) the best for self-teaching?  Do  I need 
to be using something in conjunction with it?
Are there any online/digital resources that are useful (I've only come across 
Quartz Hill School of Theology, which looks less than helpful)?

Any other tips/secret keys to unlocking the language are welcome. 

Thanks,

Matt
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In 2 Kings 23:5 a reference is made to the sun, moon, MZLWT and to the hosts
of the heavens. My understanding is that the hosts of the heavens are the
stars, making the MZLWT something other than stars. Seeing as it’s a happax
legomenon, we are left somewhat guessing as to its meaning, but the context
suggests that the planets are what is meant.

Is there any evidence from cognate languages?

Karl W. Randolph.

On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Jason Hare <jaihare AT gmail.com> wrote:

> Karl:
>
> 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
>