פָּלַטpâlaṭ
escape
Pronunciation: paw-lat' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6403
Meanings
Qal: and, escape (Ezekiel 7:16)
Pi`el
1. bring into security, deliver (Micah 6:14; Psalms 22:5; Psalms 22:9)
2. cause to escape, cast forth (Job 21:10)
3. be delivered, apparently intransitive, but dubious (Job 23:7)
Hiph`il: bring into security, (compare Pi`el 1) (Isaiah 5:29; Micah 6:14)
Same root
- יַפְלֵטYaphlêṭ · H3310Japhlet, an Israelite
- מִפְלָטmiphlâṭ · H4655an escape
- פֶּלֶטPeleṭ · H6404Pelet, the name of two Israelites
- פַּלֵּטpallêṭ · H6405escape
- פַּלְטִיPalṭîy · H6406Palti, the name of two Israelites
- פְּלַטְיָהPᵉlaṭyâh · H6410Pelatjah, the name of four Israelites
- פָּלִיטpâlîyṭ · H6412a refugee
Where it appears
Appears 26 times in the Bible.
- 2 Samuel 22:2 He sang: “The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior;
- 2 Samuel 22:44 “You gave me victory over my accusers. You preserved me as the ruler over nations; people I don’t even know now serve me.
- Job 21:10 Their bulls never fail to breed. Their cows bear calves and never miscarry.
- Job 23:7 Honest people can reason with him, so I would be forever acquitted by my judge.
- Psalms 17:13 Arise, O Lord! Stand against them, and bring them to their knees! Rescue me from the wicked with your sword!
- Psalms 18:2 The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior; my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).