KJV: And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.
YLT: And the first smiting which Jonathan and the bearer of his weapons have smitten is of about twenty men, in about half a furrow of a yoke of a field,
Darby: And that first slaughter which Jonathan and his armour-bearer wrought was about twenty men, as it were on the half-furrow of an acre of land.
ASV: And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armorbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow's length in an acre of land.
| וַתְּהִ֞י | And was |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out. |
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| הַמַּכָּ֣ה | that slaughter |
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Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: מַכָּה Sense: blow, wound, slaughter. |
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| הָרִאשֹׁנָ֗ה | first |
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Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular Root: רִאשֹׁון Sense: first, primary, former. |
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| הִכָּ֧ה | made |
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Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: נָכָה Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill. |
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| יוֹנָתָ֛ן | Jonathan |
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Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄונָתָן Sense: a son of king Saul and a friend of David. |
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| כֵלָ֖יו | his armorbearer |
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Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: כְּלִי Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil. |
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| כְּעֶשְׂרִ֣ים | about twenty |
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Parse: Preposition-k, Number, common plural Root: עֶשְׂרִים Sense: twenty, twentieth. |
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| אִ֑ישׁ | men |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישׁ Sense: man. |
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| כְּבַחֲצִ֥י | about within half |
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Parse: Preposition-k, Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: חֲצִי Sense: half. |
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| מַעֲנָ֖ה | an acre |
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Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: מַעֲנָה Sense: ploughing ground, place for task. |
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| צֶ֥מֶד | - |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: צֶמֶד Sense: couple, pair, team, yoke. |
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| שָׂדֶֽה | of land |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׂדֶה Sense: field, land. |
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