אִתַּי
ʼIttay · it-tah'ee
Ittai or Ithai, the name of a Gittite and of an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: or אִיתַי; from H854 (אֵת); near;
Ittai or Ithai, the name of a Gittite and of an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ithai, Ittai.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the mark, the covenant sign › the hand that works
Strength, the leader of the mark, the covenant sign of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אִתַּי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and ittai4 · 44%
- to ittai2 · 22%
- of ittai1 · 11%
- ittai1 · 11%
- ithai1 · 11%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.