Lexical Definition

‎פְּלֵיטָה‎ pᵉlêyṭâh (pel-ay-taw') survivor ^H:N-F
or פְּלֵטָה pᵉlêṭâh (pel-ay-taw'); feminine of ‎פָּלִיט‎

deliverance, (that is) escape(-d), remnant.

• deliverance
• concretely, an escaped portion

1) escape, deliverance
1a) escape, deliverance
1b) escaped remnant

See Greek: καταλείπω · σωτηρία

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פְּלֵיטָה‎ noun feminine escape (on form compare Ba^{NB 144, 166}); — absolute ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Gen 32:9* +, ‎פְּלֵטָה‎ Exod 10:5 +; construct‎פְּלֵיטַת‎ 2Kgs 19:30 +; —

1. escape, deliverance Gen 45:7 (E) Jer 25:35.

2. elsewhere probably always escaped remnant:
a. of green things (from locusts) Exod 10:5 (J) Joel 2:3.
b. of person Gen 32:9* (J) Judg 21:17; Isa 15:9; Jer 50:29; 1Chr 4:43; 2Chr 12:7; 2Chr 20:24; 2Chr 30:6; Ezra 9:8; Dan 11:42 + ‎מִפְּנֵי‎ 2Sam 15:14.
c. specifically of those of Judah escaped from Assyrians 2Kgs 19:30; 2Kgs 19:31 (+ ‎מִן‎) = Isa 37:31; Isa 37:32, compare Isa 10:20 from Babylonian Neh 1:2; Ezra 9:13; Ezra 9:14; Ezra 9:15, compare Ezek 14:22 after ‎׳‎‎י‎'s future judgment Isa 4:2; Obad 1:17; Joel 3:5*.

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