DavidדָּוִדsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלIttai,אִתַּי“Goלֵךְand cross over.”וַעֲבֹרSo Ittaiיַּעֲבֹר אִתַּיthe Gittiteהַגִּתִּיcrossed over,וַand allוְכָלhis menאֲנָשָׁיוand allוְכָלthe little onesהַטַּףwhoאֲשֶׁרwere with him.אִתּוֹ
2 Samuel 15:22
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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."
Where else “david” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- 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).
Where else “itay” appears- “Goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- and cross overעֲבֹרavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avor” appears- the Gittiteגִּתִּיgiti
Gittite
Gittite: an inhabitant of the Philistine city of Gath.
Where else “giti” appears- his menאֲנָשָׁיanashay
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashay” appears- the little onesטַּףtaf
little ones
Little ones: the children of a family.
Where else “taf” appears
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.