On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 21:24:23 +0200 "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
writes:
>
> ----- 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
>
>
> _______________________________________________
It wouldn't be specifically "they killed EXACTLY 36 men" but "they killed
by number 36 men."