1) 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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H4422 — מָלַט
ma.lat · to escape · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 19:17 · הִמָּלֵ֣ט · הִמָּלֵ֖טIt came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, “Escape for your life! Don’t look behind you, and don’t stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed!”Genesis 19:19 · לְהִמָּלֵ֣טSee now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life. I can’t escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die.Genesis 19:20 · אִמָּלְטָ֨הSee now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (isn’t it a little one?), and my soul will live.”Genesis 19:22 · הִמָּלֵ֣טHurry, escape there, for I can’t do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.Judges 3:26 · נִמְלַ֖ט · וַיִּמָּלֵ֖טEhud escaped while they waited, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to Seirah.Judges 3:29 · נִמְלַ֖טThey struck of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valor; and there escaped not a man.1 Samuel 19:10 · וַיִּמָּלֵ֖טSaul sought to pin David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he stuck the spear into the wall. David fled, and escaped that night.1 Samuel 19:11 · מְמַלֵּ֤טSaul sent messengers to David’s house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning. Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you don’t save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”1 Samuel 19:12 · וַיִּמָּלֵֽט׃So Michal let David down through the window. He went, fled, and escaped.1 Samuel 19:17 · וַיִּמָּלֵ֑טSaul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me thus, and let my enemy go, so that he is escaped?” Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you?’”1 Samuel 19:18 · וַיִּמָּלֵ֗טNow David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. He and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.1 Samuel 20:29 · אִמָּ֥לְטָהHe said, ‘Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city. My brother has commanded me to be there. Now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go away and see my brothers.’ Therefore he has not come to the king’s table.”1 Samuel 22:1 · וַיִּמָּלֵ֖טDavid therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him.1 Samuel 22:20 · וַיִּמָּלֵ֣טOne of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.1 Samuel 23:13 · נִמְלַ֤טThen David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. It was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he gave up going there.1 Samuel 27:1 · הִמָּלֵ֥ט · אִמָּלֵ֣ט׀ · וְנִמְלַטְתִּ֖יDavid said in his heart, “I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So shall I escape out of his hand.”1 Samuel 30:17 · נִמְלַ֤טDavid struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped from there, except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled.2 Samuel 1:3 · נִמְלָֽטְתִּי׃David said to him, “Where do you come from?” He said to him, “I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.”2 Samuel 4:6 · נִמְלָֽטוּ׃They came there into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they struck him in the body: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.2 Samuel 19:5 · הַֽמְמַלְּטִ֤יםJoab came into the house to the king, and said, “You have shamed this day the faces of all your servants, who this day have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;2 Samuel 19:9 · מִלְּטָ֙נוּ֙All the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.1 Kings 1:12 · וּמַלְּטִי֙Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.1 Kings 18:40 · יִמָּלֵ֥טElijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let one of them escape!” They seized them. Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.1 Kings 19:17 · הַנִּמְלָ֛ט · וְהַנִּמְלָ֛טIt shall happen, that he who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and he who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.1 Kings 20:20 · וַיִּמָּלֵ֗טThey each killed his man. The Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them. Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.2 Kings 10:24 · יִמָּלֵט֙They went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had appointed him eighty men outside, and said, “If any of the men whom I bring into your hands escape, he who lets him go, his life shall be for the life of him.”2 Kings 19:37 · נִמְלְט֖וּIt happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.2 Kings 23:18 · וַֽיְמַלְּטוּ֙He said, “Let him be! Let no man move his bones.” So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.2 Chronicles 16:7 · נִמְלַ֛טAt that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, “Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied on Yahweh your God, therefore is the army of the king of Syria escaped out of your hand.Esther 4:13 · לְהִמָּלֵ֥טThen Mordecai asked them return answer to Esther, “Don’t think to yourself that you will escape in the king’s house any more than all the Jews.Job 1:15 · וָֽאִמָּ֨לְטָ֧הand the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”Job 1:16 · וָאִמָּ֨לְטָ֧הWhile he was still speaking, there also came another, and said, “The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”Job 1:17 · וָאִמָּ֨לְטָ֧הWhile he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, “The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you.”Job 1:19 · וָאִמָּ֨לְטָ֧הand behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you.”Job 6:23 · וּמַלְּט֥וּנִיor, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand?’ or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?’Job 19:20 · וָ֝אֶתְמַלְּטָ֗הMy bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.Job 20:20 · יְמַלֵּֽט׃“Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights.Job 22:30 · יְֽמַלֵּ֥ט · וְ֝נִמְלַ֗טHe will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”Job 29:12 · אֲ֭מַלֵּטBecause I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had none to help him,Job 41:19 · יִתְמַלָּֽטוּ׃Out of his mouth go burning torches. Sparks of fire leap forth.Psalm 22:5 · וְנִמְלָ֑טוּThey cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.Psalm 33:17 · יְמַלֵּֽט׃A horse is a vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver any by his great power.Psalm 41:1 · יְֽמַלְּטֵ֥הוּFor the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.Psalm 89:48 · יְמַלֵּ֨טWhat man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.Psalm 107:20 · וִֽ֝ימַלֵּ֗טHe sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.Psalm 116:4 · מַלְּטָ֥הThen I called on the name of Yahweh: “Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.”Psalm 124:7 · נִמְלְטָה֮ · נִמְלָֽטְנוּ׃Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.Proverbs 11:21 · נִמְלָֽט׃Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.Proverbs 19:5 · יִמָּלֵֽט׃A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.Proverbs 28:26 · יִמָּלֵֽט׃One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.Ecclesiastes 7:26 · יִמָּלֵ֣טI find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.Ecclesiastes 8:8 · יְמַלֵּ֥טThere is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.Ecclesiastes 9:15 · וּמִלַּט־Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.Isaiah 20:6 · נִמָּלֵ֥טThe inhabitants of this coast land will say in that day, ‘Behold, this is our expectation, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria. And we, how will we escape?’”Isaiah 31:5 · וְהִמְלִֽיט׃As birds hovering, so Yahweh of Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it. He will pass over and preserve it.”Isaiah 34:15 · וַתְּמַלֵּ֔טThe arrow snake will make her nest there, and lay, hatch, and gather under her shade. Yes, the kites will be gathered there, every one with her mate.Isaiah 37:38 · נִמְלְט֖וּIt happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.Isaiah 46:2 · מַלֵּ֣טThey stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves have gone into captivity.Isaiah 46:4 · וַאֲמַלֵּֽט׃ סand even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will deliver.Isaiah 49:24 · יִמָּלֵֽט׃Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?Isaiah 49:25 · יִמָּלֵ֑טBut thus says Yahweh, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.Isaiah 66:7 · וְהִמְלִ֥יטָה“Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she delivered a son.Jeremiah 32:4 · יִמָּלֵ֖טand Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall see his eyes;Jeremiah 34:3 · תִמָּלֵט֙and you shall not escape out of his hand, but shall surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and your eyes shall see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with you mouth to mouth, and you shall go to Babylon.Jeremiah 38:18 · תִמָּלֵ֥טBut if you will not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape out of their hand.Jeremiah 38:23 · תִמָּלֵ֣טThey shall bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans; and you shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.Jeremiah 39:18 · מַלֵּט֙ · אֲמַלֶּטְךָ֔For I will surely save you, and you shall not fall by the sword, but your life shall be for a prey to you; because you have put your trust in me, says Yahweh.Jeremiah 41:15 · נִמְלַט֙But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.Jeremiah 46:6 · יִמָּלֵ֖טDon’t let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.Jeremiah 48:6 · מַלְּט֣וּFlee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.Jeremiah 48:8 · תִמָּלֵ֔טThe destroyer shall come on every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as Yahweh has spoken.Jeremiah 48:19 · וְנִמְלָ֔טָהInhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch: ask him who flees, and her who escapes; say, What has been done?Jeremiah 51:6 · וּמַלְּטוּ֙Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; don’t be cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time of Yahweh’s vengeance; he will render to her a recompense.Jeremiah 51:45 · וּמַלְּט֖וּMy people, go away from the midst of her, and save yourselves every man from the fierce anger of Yahweh.Daniel 11:41 · יִמָּלְט֣וּHe shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall be delivered out of his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.Daniel 12:1 · יִמָּלֵ֣ט“At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who shall be found written in the book.Amos 2:14 · יְמַלֵּ֥טFlight will perish from the swift; and the strong won’t strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;Amos 2:15 · יְמַלֵּ֑ט · יְמַלֵּ֖טneither shall he stand who handles the bow; and he who is swift of foot won’t escape; neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;Amos 9:1 · יִמָּלֵ֥טI saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, “Strike the tops of the pillars, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will kill the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.Zechariah 2:7 · הִמָּלְטִ֑י‘Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.’Malachi 3:15 · וַיִּמָּלֵֽטוּ׃Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’