Lexical Definition

‎פָּלַט‎ pâlaṭ (paw-lat') to escape ^H:V
a primitive root

calve, carry away safe, deliver, (cause to) escape.

• to slip out, i.e. escape
• causatively, to deliver

1) to escape, save, deliver, slip away
1a) (Qal) to escape
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to bring into security, deliver
1b2) to cause to escape, cast forth
1b3) to be delivered
1b4) to slip away
1c) (Hiphil) to bring into security, bring to safety

See Greek: διασώζω · ἐκβάλλω · ἐξάγω · ἐξαιρέω · λυτρόω · ῥύομαι · σώζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎פָּלַט‎] verb escape (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician in proper name; Arabic IV escape, Vulgar Arabic ; Old Aramaic ‎פלט‎ Pa`el rescue, ᵑ7 ‎פְּלַט‎ Syriac ); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural consecutive ‎וּפָֽלְטוּ‎ Ezek 7:16 and (if) escapers of them escape). Pi`el causative: Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎יְפַלְּטֵם‎; 2 masculine singular ‎תְּפַלֵּט‎ Mic 6:14, etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎פַּלְּטָה‎ Ps 17:13, etc.; Participle suffix ‎מְפַלְּטִי‎ Ps 18:3* +; —

1. bring into security Mic 6:14 especially of ‎׳‎‎י‎, deliver, with accusative of person, Ps 22:5*; Ps 22:9*; Ps 31:2*; Ps 37:40; Ps 71:2 (+ ‎הִצִיל‎), Ps 82:4; Ps 91:14 + ‎מִן‎ from 2Sam 22:44 = Ps 18:44*; Ps 18:49* (‎מוֺצִיא‎ || 2Sam 22:49), 2Sam 17:13; 2Sam 37:40; 2Sam 43:1; 2Sam 71:4 participle with suffix,my deliverer 2Sam 22:2 = Ps 18:3*; Ps 40:18*; Ps 70:6*; Ps 144:2.

2. cause to escape, cast forth, of cow calving Job 21:10 (compare [‎מָלַט‎] Hiph`il, also ᵑ7 vomit out, and so ).

3. apparently intransitive be delivered, with ‎מִן‎ Job 23:7, but dubious; Bu Qal ('perhaps'); ᵐ5 Du read ‎מִשְׁפָּטִי‎ as object (but elsewhere ‎׳‎‎י‎ subject of Pi`el). Hiph`il bring into security; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַפְלִיט‎ Isa 5:29 of Assyria, under figure of lion, carrying off prey (opposed to ‎הִצִּיל‎); 2 masculine singular ‎תַּפְלִיט‎ Mic 6:14 (compare

Pi`el1. ).

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