Lexical Definition

‎פָּלִיט‎ pâlîyṭ (paw-leet') survivor ^H:N-M
or פָּלֵיט pâlêyṭ (paw-late'); or פָּלֵט pâlêṭ (paw-late'); from ‎פָּלַט‎

(that have) escape(-d, -th), fugitive.

• a refugee

1) refugee, fugitive, escaped one

See Greek: διαφεύγω

Extended Information

• Also means: pa.let (‎פ‎ָּ‎ל‎ֵ‎יט‎ "survivor" פָּלִיט)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פָּלִיט‎ noun masculine^{Amos 9:1} escaped one, fugitive; — ‎׳‎‎פ‎ absolute 2Kgs 9:15 +; plural construct ‎פְּלִיטֵי‎ Judg 12:4 +; suffix ‎פְּלִיטָיו‎ Obad 1:14, etc.; — Amos 9:1; 2Kgs 9:15; Gen 14:13; Ezek 24:26; Ezek 24:27; Ezek 33:21 ( + ‎מִן‎ local), vEzek 33:22 ‎׳‎‎שָׂרִיד וּפ‎ Josh 8:22; Jer 42:17 ‎וְשָׂרִיד‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Jer 44:14; Lam 2:22 with genitive subject Judg 12:5 fugitives of Ephraim (strike out in vJudg 12:4, see GFM), so with suffix Ezek 6:9; Ezek 7:16; Obad 1:14 with genitive object, escaped of, i.e. from Isa 45:20, so ‎פְּלִיטֵי חֶרֶב‎ Jer 44:28; Ezek 6:8.

[‎פָּלֵיט‎] noun masculine id.; — plural ‎פְּלֵיטִם‎ Num 21:29 (as appositive, or adjective), ‎יִ֯ם‎ Isa 66:19 ‎פְּלֵטִים‎ Jer 44:14, + ‎מִן‎ from Jer 50:28; Jer 51:50.

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