פְּלֵיטָהpᵉlêyṭâh

escape

Pronunciation: pel-ay-taw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6413

Meanings

1. escape, deliverance (Genesis 45:7; Jeremiah 25:35)

2. elsewhere probably always escaped remnant

a. of green things (from locusts) (Exodus 10:5; Joel 2:3)

b. of person (Genesis 32:9; Judges 21:17; Isaiah 15:9)

c. specifically of those of Judah escaped (2 Kings 19:30; 2 Kings 19:31; Isaiah 37:31)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 28 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 32:8 He thought, “If Esau meets one group and attacks it, perhaps the other group can escape.”
  • Genesis 45:7 God has sent me ahead of you to keep you and your families alive and to preserve many survivors.
  • Exodus 10:5 They will cover the land so that you won’t be able to see the ground. They will devour what little is left of your crops after the hailstorm, including all the trees growing in the fields.
  • Judges 21:17 There must be heirs for the survivors so that an entire tribe of Israel is not wiped out.
  • 2 Samuel 15:14 “Then we must flee at once, or it will be too late!” David urged his men. “Hurry! If we get out of the city before Absalom arrives, both we and the city of Jerusalem will be spared from disaster.”
  • 2 Kings 19:30 And you who are left in Judah, who have escaped the ravages of the siege, will put roots down in your own soil and will grow up and flourish.
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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).