מָלַט
ma.lat
“to escape”
Definition
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
a primitive root;
- 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
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
מָלַט appears 77 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.
At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.
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“Before she was in labor, she gave birth;before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.
the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
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