Study it in the app“The king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why will you also go with us? Go back and stay with the king, for you are a foreigner, and also an exile you are from your place.”
The kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלIttaiאִתַּיthe Gittite,הַגִּתִּי“Whyלָמָּהwill youאַתָּהalsoגַּםgoתֵלֵךְwith us?אִתָּנוּGo backשׁוּבand stayוְשֵׁבwithעִםthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְforכִּיyouאַתָּהare a foreigner,נָכְרִיand alsoוְגַםan exileגֹּלֶהyou areאַתָּהfrom your place.לִמְקוֹמֶךָ
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsIttai
Ittai, the name of two men. The best known is the Gittite who stayed loyal to David when he fled from Absalom (2 Samuel 15:19-22); the other is one of David's mighty men, from Gibeah of Benjamin (2 Samuel 23:29).
Where else “itay” appearsGittite
Gittite: an inhabitant of the Philistine city of Gath.
Where else “giti” appearsgo along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “telech” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appearsstay
To remain in a place.
Where else “shev” appearsforeign, stranger
Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.
Where else “nachri” appearsgo into exile
To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.
Where else “gole” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekome” appears18All his servants were passing beside him, and all the Cherethites and all the Pelethites and all the Gittites, six hundred men who had come after him from Gath, were passing before the king.
19 · This verse (above)
20Yesterday you came, and today shall I make you wander with us in going, while I go wherever I may go? Go back, and take back your brothers with you. Loyal love and faithfulness be with you.”
