2 Samuel 18:2:142 Sam.18.2.W14TAB
אִתַּ֣י
itai
“Ittai”
- Transliteration
- i-TAI
- Extended
- ih-TAI
- IPA
- /ʔitˈtaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ittai
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
i-TAI
- phraseyour reading level
i-TAI ha-gi-TI
- clause
va-ye-SHA-lakh da-VID et-HA-am ha-she-li-SHIT be-YAD-yo-AV ve-ha-she-li-SHIT be-YAD a-vi-SHAI ben-tse-ru-YA a-KHI yo-AV ve-ha-she-LI-shet be-YAD i-TAI ha-gi-TI
- sentence
va-ye-SHA-lakh da-VID et-HA-am ha-she-li-SHIT be-YAD-yo-AV ve-ha-she-li-SHIT be-YAD a-vi-SHAI ben-tse-ru-YA a-KHI yo-AV ve-ha-she-LI-shet be-YAD i-TAI ha-gi-TI va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh el-HA-am ya-TSO e-TSE gam-a-NI i-MA-khem
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} introduces the people ha-am {הָעָם | hā-ʿam}, further specified by the participle ha-yoshvim {הַיֹּשְׁבִים | ha-yōšəḇîm} ‘those dwelling’.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:2
And David sent out the people who were with him, dividing them into thirds: a third under the hand of Joab, a third under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. Then the king said to the people, “I myself will surely go out with you.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:2:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Samuel 18:2, so the Hebrew word אִתַּ֣י (itai) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.18.2.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.2.W14.S1) and character.