Study it in the app“Ittai answered the king and said, “As YHWH lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether for death or for life, there your servant will be.””
Ittaiאִתַּיansweredוַיַּעַןthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְand said,וַיֹּאמַר“As YHWHיְהוָהlives,חַיand as my lordוְ אֲדֹנִיthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְlives,חֵיwhereverכִּי אִם בִּמְקוֹם אֲשֶׁרmy lordאֲדֹנִיthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְmay be,יִהְיֶה שָּׁםwhetherאִםfor deathלְמָוֶתorאִםfor life,לְחַיִּיםthereכִּי שָׁםyour servantעַבְדֶּךָwill be.”יִהְיֶה
Ittai
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” appearsanswer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appearsking
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 “yomar” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsas lives
The oath formula: "as YHWH lives", calling him to witness.
Where else “chay” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appearsdeath
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avde” appears20Yesterday 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.”
21 · This verse (above)
22David said to Ittai, “Go and cross over.” So Ittai the Gittite crossed over, and all his men and all the little ones who were with him.
