1 Samuel

1 Samuel 14:14

¹⁴In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men in about half an acre^b of land.

Footnotes

b 14:14 Hebrew half a yoke. A yoke was the amount of land plowed by a pair of yoked oxen in one day.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
In that first	הָרִאשֹׁנָ֗ה	hā·ri·šō·nāh	Article; Adjective - feminine singular	H7223 former, first, chief
assault	הַמַּכָּ֣ה	ham·mak·kāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4347 blow, wound, slaughter
Jonathan	יוֹנָתָ֛ן	yō·w·nā·ṯān	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3129 Jonathan
and his armor-bearer	וְנֹשֵׂ֥א	wə·nō·śê	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct	H5375 lift, take, carry
struck down	הִכָּ֧ה	hik·kāh	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5221 smite
about twenty	כְּעֶשְׂרִ֣ים	kə·‘eś·rîm	Preposition-k; Number - common plural	H6242 (a) twenty
men	אִ֑ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
in about half	כְּבַחֲצִ֥י	kə·ḇa·ḥă·ṣî	Preposition-k, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2677 half
an acre	מַעֲנָ֖ה	ma·‘ă·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H4618 place for task (?)
of land	שָׂדֶֽה׃	śā·ḏeh	Noun - masculine singular	H7704 id.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.