Lexical Definition

‎מָלַט‎ mâlaṭ (maw-lat') to escape ^H:V
a primitive root

deliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] surely.

• properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness)
• causatively, to release or rescue
• specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks

1) to slip away, escape, deliver, save, be delivered
1a)(Niphal)
1a1) to slip away
1a2) to escape
1a3) to be delivered
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to lay, let slip out (of eggs)
1b2) to let escape
1b3) to deliver, save (life)
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to give birth to
1c2) to deliver
1d) (Hithpael)
1d1) to slip forth, slip out, escape
1d2) to escape

See Greek: διαβαίνω · διασώζω · διαφεύγω · ἐξαιρέω · εὑρίσκω · ἔχω · ῥύομαι · σώζω · τίκτω

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[‎מָלַט‎] verb slip away (not in Qal) (Late Hebrew ‎מִילּוּט‎ rescue; ᵑ7 ‎מְלַט‎ (rare) = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic is have scanty hair; IV. cast the foetus without hair; [slip away, escape from hand is ]); —

Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נִמְלַט‎ Judg 3:26 + 6 t.; 3 feminine singular ‎נִמְלְטָה‎ Ps 124:7, with ‎וְ‎ consecutive ‎וְנִמְלָ֑טָה‎ Jer 48:19 3 masculine plural ‎נִמְלָ֑טוּ‎ 2Sam 4:6 + 8 t. Perfect; Imperfect ‎יִמָּלֵט‎ Amos 9:1 + 13 t.; ‎׳‎‎וַיִּמּ‎ Judg 3:26 + 7 t.; 1 singular ‎אִמָּֽלְטָה‎ Gen 19:20 +; 3 masculine plural ‎וַיִּמָּלֵ֑טוּ‎ Mal 3:15 + 1 2 t. Imperfect; Imperative ‎הִמָּלֵט‎ Gen 19:17 (twice in verse); Gen 19:22 feminine ‎הִמָּֽלְטִי‎ Zech 2:11* Infinitive absolute ‎הִמָּלֵט‎ 1Sam 27:1 (but read ‎אִם אִמָּלֵט‎ ᵐ5 We Dr Löhr HPS; > Th Kit Bu insert ‎אִם‎ before ‎׳‎‎הִמּ‎); construct id., Gen 19:19; Esth 4:3 Participle ‎נִמְלָט‎ 1Kgs 19:17 (twice in verse); —

1. slip away ‎אִמָּֽלְטָה נָּא‎ ‎וְאֶרְאֶה אֶתאֶֿחָ֑י‎ 1Sam 20:29 let me slip away to see my brethren; slip through, or past (into the house) 2Sam 4:6 (compare Dr HPS and Pi`el 1, Hiph`il 2; > Klo *‎נִלְאָ֑טוּ‎, √ ‎לאט‎, after ᵐ5 ἔλαθον).

2. escape, Judg 3:29; 1Sam 19:10 (|| ‎נוּס‎) v1Sam 19:12 v1Sam 19:18 (both || ‎בָּרַח‎), v1Sam 19:17; 1Sam 22:20 (|| ‎בָּרַח‎), 1Sam 30:17; 1Kgs 18:40; 1Kgs 20:20 (|| ‎נוּס‎) 2Kgs 10:24; Isa 20:6 (|| ‎נִצַּל‎, ‎נוּס‎), Isa 49:24; Isa 49:25; Jer 46:6; Jer 48:8; Jer 48:19 (|| ‎נוּס‎), Ezek 17:15 (twice in verse); Ezek 17:18; Amos 9:1; Joel 3:5*; Zech 2:11*; Mal 3:15; Ps 124:7; Prov 19:6; Job 1:15; Job 1:16; Job 1:17; Job 1:19 with ‎מִן‎ of place whence 1Sam 23:13; 2Sam 1:3; Ps 124:7 with ‎אֶלֿ‎ = whither 1Sam 22:1; 1Sam 27:1 (twice in verse); with ‎עַד‎ Judg 3:26 with ‎ָ  ה‎ locative, Gen 19:17; Gen 19:19; Gen 19:20; Gen 19:22 (J), Judg 3:26 with accusative 2Kgs 19:37 = Isa 37:38; Esth 4:13 with ‎מִן‎ of person from whom Eccl 7:26 with ‎מִיַּד‎ 1Sam 27:1; 2Chr 16:7; Jer 32:4; Jer 34:3; Jer 38:18; Jer 38:23; Dan 11:41 ‎מִפְּנֵי‎ Jer 41:15 ‎מֵחֶרֶב‎ 1Kgs 19:17 (twice in verse); with ‎עַלנֶֿפֶשׁ‎ for one's life Gen 19:17.

3. passive be delivered Ps 22:6*; Prov 11:21; Prov 28:26; Job 22:30; Dan 12:1 (later usage). Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎מִלֵּט‎ Ezek 33:5 ‎וּמִלַּטֿ‎ Eccl 9:15 suffix ‎מִלְּטֵ֫נוּ‎ 2Sam 19:10* Imperfect ‎יְמַלֵּט‎ Amos 2:14 + 8 t., suffix ‎יְמַלְּטֵ֫הוּ‎ Ps 41:2* + 5 t. Imperfect; Imperative ‎מַלְּטָה‎ Ps 116:4 feminine ‎מַלְּטִי‎ 1Kgs 1:12 + 4 t. Imperative; Infinitive absolute ‎מַלֵּט‎ Isa 46:2; Jer 39:18 Participle ‎מְמַלֵּט‎ 1Sam 19:11 plural ‎מְמַלְּטִים‎ 2Sam 19:6* —

1. lay (eggs; i.e. let them slip out; of arrow-snake) Isa 34:15.

2. let escape: ‎וימלטו עצמתיו‎ 2Kgs 23:18 and so they let his bones (the prophet's) escape (from the burning).

3. deliver, absolute Isa 46:4 with accusative Isa 46:2; Jer 39:18 (twice in verse); Ps 41:2*; Job 22:30; Job 29:12; Eccl 8:8; Eccl 9:15 with ‎מִיַּד‎ Job 6:23 ‎מִכַּף‎ 2Sam 19:10* ‎מִשְּׁחִיתוֺתָם‎ Ps 107:20 elsewhere ‎מִלֵּט נֶפֶשׁ‎ deliver, save, life 1Sam 19:11; 2Sam 19:6*; 1Kgs 1:12; Jer 48:6; Jer 51:6; Jer 51:45; Ezek 33:5; Amos 2:14; Amos 2:15; Ps 89:49*; Ps 116:4 ‎נפשׁ‎. omitted Amos 2:15; Ps 33:17; Job 20:20. — (This form not in Hexateuch, Judges, Chronicles, Isa¹) Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הִמְלִיט‎ Isa 31:5 3 feminine singular ‎הִמְ֫לִיטָה‎ Isa 66:7.

1. give birth to a male child Isa 66:7 (|| ‎יָָֽלְדָה‎, compare Pi`el 1).

2. deliver: absolute Isa 31:5 (|| ‎גָּנַן‎, ‎הִצִּיל‎, ‎פָּסַח‎). Hithpa`el Imperfect 1 singular ‎וָאֶתְמַלְּטָה‎ Job 19:20 3 masculine plural ‎יִתְמַלְּטוּ‎ Job 41:11*.

1. slip forth, escape (sparks of fire from jaws of crocodile; RV leap forth) Job 41:11*.

2. escape (with the skin of the teeth, the gums; only these left unattacked by leprosy) Job 19:20.

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