ʾăḥītōfel אֲחִיתֹ֫פֶל ‘Ahithophel’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
from ʾāḥ אָח ‘brother’ and tāfēl תָּפֵל ‘insipid / whitewash’
Roots:
אח
תפל
ʾăḥītōfel pr n m pers
Ahithophel = "my brother is foolish (folly)"
1) a counsellor of David, grandfather of Bathsheba (cf 2Sa 11:3, 23:34), who joined Absalom in revolt against David, and committed suicide when Absalom did not heed his counsel