1 Samuel 14:14
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And the first slaughter which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was of about twenty men, within half an acre of land, which a yoke of oxen is wont to plough in a day.

an half acre of land.

Context
Jonathan's Victory over the Philistines
13And Jonathan went up creeping on his hands and feet, and his armourbearer after him. And some fell before Jonathan, others his armourbearer slew as he followed him. 14And the first slaughter which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was of about twenty men, within half an acre of land, which a yoke of oxen is wont to plough in a day.15And there was a miracle in the camp, in the fields: and all the people of their garrison, who had gone out to plunder, were amazed, and the earth trembled: and it happened as a miracle from God.…
Cross References
Judges 9:54
And he called hastily to his armourbearer, and said to him: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest it should be said that I was slain by a woman. He did as he was commanded, and slew him.

1 Samuel 14:13
And Jonathan went up creeping on his hands and feet, and his armourbearer after him. And some fell before Jonathan, others his armourbearer slew as he followed him.

1 Samuel 14:15
And there was a miracle in the camp, in the fields: and all the people of their garrison, who had gone out to plunder, were amazed, and the earth trembled: and it happened as a miracle from God.

Lexicon
In that first
הָרִאשֹׁנָ֗ה (hā·ri·šō·nāh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7223: First, in place, time, rank

assault,
הַמַּכָּ֣ה (ham·mak·kāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4347: A wound, carnage, pestilence

Jonathan
יוֹנָתָ֛ן (yō·w·nā·ṯān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3129: Jonathan

and his armor-bearer
וְנֹשֵׂ֥א (wə·nō·śê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

struck down
הִכָּ֧ה (hik·kāh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5221: To strike

about twenty
כְּעֶשְׂרִ֣ים (kə·‘eś·rîm)
Preposition-k | Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6242: Twenty, twentieth

men
אִ֑ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

over half
כְּבַחֲצִ֥י (kə·ḇa·ḥă·ṣî)
Preposition-k, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2677: The half, middle

an acre
מַעֲנָ֖ה (ma·‘ă·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4618: A field for plowing

of land.
שָׂדֶֽה׃ (śā·ḏeh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7704: Field, land


Additional Translations
In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men over half an acre of land.And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armor bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.

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.

And the first slaughter which Jonathan and his armour-bearer effected was twenty men, with darts and slings, and pebbles of the field.

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.

And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men within as it were half a furrow's length in an acre of land.

And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armor-bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were a half-acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.

That first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armor bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow's length in an acre of land.

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,
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