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  • From: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • To: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] "about" Josh. 7:4-5
  • Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 21:24:23 +0200


----- Original Message -----
From: "George F Somsel" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
> Unless I am misreading the text, the entry in BDB under "K" seems to
> indicate that it can be used to express EITHER an exact or an approximate
> number. You might check it out and see what you think it's saying.
>
> george
> gfsomsel
> ___________
>
But what would the author have to gain by saying "and they killed EXACTLY 36
men"?

Yigal






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