Hebrew word · H863

אִתַּי

'itai

Ittai

Appears 9 times in 8 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.15.19

§ Ittai or Ithai = "with me"

1) a Gittite commander from Gath in David's army

2) one of David's 30 mighty warriors, a Benjamite

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

2 Samuel · 8

  1. 2 Samuel 15:19 אִתַּ֣י Ittai

    Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.

    Here: A personal name. Its origin is uncertain. It sounds like Hebrew ʾitti, 'with me', which makes a possible play on words with 'with us' in this verse, but nobody can be sure of it. This is not the Benjaminite Ittai of 2 Sam 23:29.

  2. 2 Samuel 15:21 אִתַּ֛י Ittai

    But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”

    Here: Ittai the Gittite, a Philistine from Gath who commands 600 men (v. 18). The narrator has just stressed that he is a foreigner and an exile (v. 19). That is the point: an outsider gives the oath of loyalty that Absalom, David's own son, has broken.

  3. 2 Samuel 15:22 אִתַּ֖י אִתַּ֤י Ittai

    “March on then,” said David to Ittai. So Ittai the Gittite marched past with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.

  4. 2 Samuel 18:2 אִתַּ֣י Ittai

    He sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, “I will surely march out with you as well.”

  5. 2 Samuel 18:5 אִתַּי֙ Ittai

    Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the people heard the king’s orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.

    Here: Ittai the Gittite, a Philistine from Gath who swore loyalty to David in his flight (15:19–22). A foreigner now holds a third of Israel's royal army.

  6. 2 Samuel 18:12 אִתַּי֙ Ittai

    The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’

    Here: Ittai the Gittite, a Philistine from Gath loyal to David (15:19–22), commander of the third division.

  7. 2 Samuel 23:29 אִתַּי֙ Ittai

    Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites,

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 11:31 אִיתַ֣י Ittai

    Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

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