2 Samuel 15:22

“David 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.”

2 Samuel 15:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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2 Samuel 15:22, word by word

Davidדָּוִדdavid

David

David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."

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saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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Ittaiאִתַּיitay

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).

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“Goלֵךְlech

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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and cross overעֲבֹרavor

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

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the Gittiteגִּתִּיgiti

Gittite

Gittite: an inhabitant of the Philistine city of Gath.

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his menאֲנָשָׁיanashay

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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the little onesטַּףtaf

little ones

Little ones: the children of a family.

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The context

21Ittai 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.”

22 · This verse (above)

23All the land was weeping with a loud voice as all the people crossed over; and the king crossed over the wadi Kidron, and all the people crossed over toward the road of the wilderness.

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