| And that first | וַתְּהִ֞י | wattĕhî | va-teh-HEE |
| slaughter, | הַמַּכָּ֣ה | hammakkâ | ha-ma-KA |
| which | הָרִֽאשֹׁנָ֗ה | hāriʾšōnâ | ha-ree-shoh-NA |
| Jonathan | אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾăšer | uh-SHER |
| and his armourbearer | הִכָּ֧ה | hikkâ | hee-KA |
| יֽוֹנָתָ֛ן | yônātān | yoh-na-TAHN | |
| made, | וְנֹשֵׂ֥א | wĕnōśēʾ | veh-noh-SAY |
| was | כֵלָ֖יו | kēlāyw | hay-LAV |
| about twenty | כְּעֶשְׂרִ֣ים | kĕʿeśrîm | keh-es-REEM |
| men, | אִ֑ישׁ | ʾîš | eesh |
| half an were it as within | כְּבַֽחֲצִ֥י | kĕbaḥăṣî | keh-va-huh-TSEE |
| acre | מַֽעֲנָ֖ה | maʿănâ | ma-uh-NA |
| of land, | צֶ֥מֶד | ṣemed | TSEH-med |
| yoke a which | שָׂדֶֽה׃ | śāde | sa-DEH |