itay · Ittai

What it means

itay (אִתַּי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “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).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Ittai ×8
• Ithai ×1

Where it appears

• 2 Samuel×8
• 1 Chronicles×1

• 2 Samuel 15:19

  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.

• 2 Samuel 15:21

  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.”

• 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 18:2

  David sent out the people, a third under the command of Joab, a third under the command of Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the people, “I will surely go out with you myself too.”

• 2 Samuel 18:5

  The king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, “Gently, for my sake, with the young man, with Absalom.” And all the people heard when the king commanded all the commanders about Absalom.

• 2 Samuel 18:12

  The man said to Joab, “Even if I were weighing on my palms a thousand shekels of silver, I would not put out my hand against the son of the king; for in our ears the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, ‘Protect, whoever you are, the young man, Absalom.’

• 2 Samuel 23:29

  Heleb son of Baanah the Netophathite; Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin;

• 1 Chronicles 11:31

  Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin; Benaiah the Pirathonite;

And 1 more times.