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The firstהָרִאשֹׁנָהblowהַמַּכָּהthatאֲשֶׁרJonathanיוֹנָתָןand the one who carriedוְנֹשֵׂאhis weaponsכֵלָיוstruckהִכָּהwasוַתְּהִיabout twentyכְּעֶשְׂרִיםmen,אִישׁwithin about halfכְּבַחֲצִיa furrowמַעֲנָהof a yokeצֶמֶדof field.שָׂדֶה
1 Samuel 14:14
Study it in the app“The first blow that Jonathan and the one who carried his weapons struck was about twenty men, within about half a furrow of a yoke of field.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 14:14, word by word
- The firstרִאשֹׁנָהrishona
first
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishona” appears- blowמַּכָּהmaka
wound
The harm a blow leaves: a wound or a sore on the body.
Where else “maka” appears- Jonathanיוֹנָתָןyonatan
Jonathan
Jonathan: the name of several people; the best known are the son of King Saul, the friend of David, and the Levite who was priest of the Danites (Judges 18:30). It means "YHWH has given."
Where else “yonatan” appears- and the one who carriedנֹשֵׂאnose
carry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “nose” appears- his weaponsכֵלָיchelay
weapon
What is carried to war to fight with: sword, bow, spear.
Where else “chelay” appears- struckהִכָּהhika
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “hika” appears- wasתְּהִיtehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tehi” appears- about twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- within about halfחֲצִיchatsi
half
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chatsi” appears- a furrowמַעֲנָהmaana
furrow
Furrow: the line the plow opens in the ground.
Where else “maana” appears- of a yokeצֶמֶדtsemed
acre
The land a yoke of oxen plows in a day.
Where else “tsemed” appears- of fieldשָׂדֶהsade
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sade” appears
Translation note
“A yoke of field” is what a pair of oxen plows in a day; it all happened in a small space. The phrase is difficult in Hebrew.
The context
13Jonathan climbed up on his hands and on his feet, and the one who carried his weapons after him; and they fell before Jonathan, and the one who carried his weapons was putting them to death after him.
14 · This verse (above)
15And there was trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the post and the destroyers trembled, they too; the earth quaked, and it became a trembling of Elohim.