פָּלַט
pâlaṭ · H6403 · Hebrew · 27 occurrences
Meanings
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to escape, to get away, to be saved, to be delivered
Process by which humans find safety from a dangerous or life-threatening situation
ExamplesJob 23:7 “There the upright would argue with Him; And I would be free of my Judge forever.
Ezekiel 7:16 ‘Even when their survivors escape, they will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each over his own wrongdoing.
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to rescue, to deliver
Causative action by which deities remove humans from a dangerous or life-threatening situation
Examples2 Samuel 22:44 “You have also saved me from the contentions of my people; You have kept me as head of the nations; A people I have not known serve me.
Psalm 17:13 Arise, LORD, confront him, make him bow down; Save my soul from the wicked with Your sword,
Psalm 18:43 You have rescued me from the contentions of the people; You have placed me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.
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Deliverer
Literally: (one's) deliverer; hence: a title for God as the one who removes his people from dangerous or life-threatening situations
Examples2 Samuel 22:2 He said, “The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my savior, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psalm 40:17 But I am afflicted and needy; May the Lord be mindful of me. You are my help and my savior; Do not delay, my God.
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to carry off, to bring into security
Causative action by which animals remove objects from a situation regarded as threatening by them
ExamplesIsaiah 5:29 Its roaring is like a lioness, and it roars like young lions; It growls as it seizes the prey And carries it off with no one to save it.
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Literally: to deliver; hence: causative action by which human or animal females give birth to offspring (to deliver (as in childbirth), to bring forth, to calve)
ExamplesJob 21:10 “His ox mates without fail; His cow calves and does not miscarry.
Micah 6:14 “You will eat, but you will not be satisfied, And your filth will be in your midst. You will try to remove valuables for safekeeping, But you will not save it all, And what you do save I will turn over to the sword.
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to deliver, bring forth a child
Literally: to deliver; hence: causative action by which human females give birth to offspring, with focus on a successful completion of the process
ExamplesMicah 6:14 “You will eat, but you will not be satisfied, And your filth will be in your midst. You will try to remove valuables for safekeeping, But you will not save it all, And what you do save I will turn over to the sword.
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
22 occurrences in 8 groups
- Not stated: you (one person) 11
- Not stated: he, she or it 4
- Not stated: I 2
- פָּלִיטescaped one 1
- פָּרָהcow 1
- Not stated: you (more than one) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
14 occurrences in 6 groups
- נִיme 7
- הֶםthem 3
- וֹhim 2
- דַּלpoor, weak 1
- אֶבְיוֹןpoor 1
- נֶפֶשׁsoul, life 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
9 occurrences in 9 groups
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לֹאnot 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
5 occurrences in 1 groups
- נִיme 5
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 2
- אַתָּהyou 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- מָלַט mâlaṭ · H4422 · to escape, to shoot out
- מָלַט (95×) has broader range including "preserve, save, let go"; פָּלַט (27×) more specialized, often in contexts of bringing to safety or birthing.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ῥύομαι rhýomai · G4506 · to rescue, to deliver
- Greek ῥύομαι (rhýomai, G4506) serves as the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew פָּלַט (pâlaṭ, H6403) in deliverance/rescue contexts, both denoting the action of drawing someone out of danger or bringing to safety.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Safe002003003019
- פָּלַט means to deliver or carry safely away, as David calls the LORD his deliverer in 2 Samuel 22:2, recounts being saved from his people's contentions in 2 Samuel 22:44, and pleads to be delivered in Psalm 17:13 and Job 23:7.
- Titles003001017
- The word is used as a divine epithet, 'my deliverer,' a title David applies to the LORD in 2 Samuel 22:2.
- Birth002002002003
- The word also describes an animal calving, as of the cow that calves without miscarrying in Job 21:10.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6403. palat [מָּלַט] verb escape (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician in proper name; Arabic IV…
[מָּלַט] verb escape (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician in proper name; Arabic IV escape, Vulgar Arabic ; Old Aramaic פלט Pa`el rescue, מְּלַט ᵑ7 Syriac ); —
Qal Perfect3plural consecutive וּפָֽלְטוּ Eze 7:16 and (if) escapers of them escape).
Pi`el causative: Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יְפַלְּטֵם; 2 masculine singular תְּפַלֵּט Mic 6:14, etc.; Imperative masculine singular מַּלְּטָה Psa 17:13, etc.; Participle suffix מְפַלְּטִי Psa 18:3 +; —
1 bring into security Mic 6:14; especially of ׳י, deliver, with accusative of person, Psa 22:5; Psa 22:9; Psa 31:2; Psa 37:40; Psa 71:2 (+ הִצִיל), Psa 82:4; Psa 91:14; + מִן from 2Sa 22:44 = Psa 18:44; Psa 18:49 (מוֺצִיא || 2Sa 22:49), 2Sa 17:13; 2Sam 37:40; 2Sam 43:1; 2Sam 71:4; participle with suffix,my deliverer 2Sa 22:2 = Psa 18:3; Psalm 40:18; Psalm 70:6; Psa 144:2.
2 cause to escape, cast forth, of cow calving Job 21:10 (compare [מָלַט]
Hiph`il, also ᵑ7 vomit out, and so ).
3 apparently intransitive be delivered, with מִן Job 23:7, but dubious; Bu
Qal ('perhaps'); ᵐ5 Du read מִשְׁמָּטִי as object (but elsewhere ׳י subject of Pi`el).
Hiph`il bring into security; Imperfect3masculine singular יַפְלִיט Isa 5:29 of Assyria, under figure of lion, carrying off prey (opposed to הִצִּיל); 2 masculine singular תַּפְלִיט Mic 6:14 (compare
Pi`el1. ).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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