Word

פְּלֵיטָה

pᵉlêyṭâh · H6413 · Hebrew · 28 occurrences

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Meanings

those that escaped, fugitives, survivors

A group of people who were able to flee from danger

Examples
Genesis 45:7 “So God sent me ahead of you to ensure for you a remnant on the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.
Judges 21:17 And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be wiped out from Israel.
2 Kings 19:30 ‘The survivors that are left of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

How it’s used In 8 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

5 occurrences in 3 groups

בַּיִתhouse, household 3
יִשְׂרָאֵלIsrael 1
מוֹאָבMoab 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

3 occurrences in 2 groups

שָׁאַרto remain 2
גָּדוֹלgreat, large 1

Named alongside itApposition

4 occurrences in 5 groups

שָׁאַרto remain 2
בֵּןson 1
בַּתdaughter 1
יְהוּדִיJudean 1
יָצָאto go out 1

What it doesIt is the subject

9 occurrences in 3 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 5
יָסַףto add 3
יָתַרto remain 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
שָׁאַרto remain 1

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 1 groups

אַיִןthere is no, not 2

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

8 occurrences in 2 groups

לto/for 11
אֵלto, toward 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

3 occurrences in 3 groups

יְרֻשָּׁהpossession (of someone else) 1
יֶתֶרremainder 1
שְׁאֵרִיתremnant, rest 1

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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In the other Testament 2 words

σωτηρία sōtēría · G4991 · to deliver, to rescue, to make safe: Greek σωτηρία denotes the broader concept of rescue/salvation in both physical and spiritual senses, while Hebrew פְּלֵיטָה specifically emphasizes deliverance as escape or the surviving remnant that emerges from disaster.
διασώζω diasṓzō · G1295 · to save, to rescue, to heal: Greek verb διασώζω denotes the active process of saving/rescuing through to completion, while Hebrew noun פְּלֵיטָה denotes the state or result of having escaped/been delivered; the Greek renders Hebrew contexts where deliverance as outcome is in view.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Groups001001003004: פְּלֵיטָה denotes an escaped remnant or group of survivors, as of Jacob's fear for the camp left as an escaped remnant in Genesis 32:9, the great deliverance and remnant preserved through Joseph in Genesis 45:7, and the remnant of Benjamin needing wives in Judges 21:17.

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

פָּלַט pâlaṭ · H6403 · to escape, to get away, to be saved · 27×פְּלֵיטָהpᵉlêyṭâh · H6413פָּלִיט pâlîyṭ · H6412 · escaped one, fugitive, survivor · 24×מִפְלָט miphlâṭ · H4655 · refuge, shelter · 1×פַּלֵּט pallêṭ · H6405 · to escape, to get away, to be saved · 0×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6413. peletah מְּלֵיטָה noun feminine escape (on form compare BaNB 144, 166); — absolute…

H6413. peletah
מְּלֵיטָה noun feminine escape (on form compare BaNB 144, 166); — absolute ׳פ Gen 32:9 +, מְּלֵטָה Exo 10:5 +; constructמְּלֵיטַת 2Ki 19:30 +; —
1 escape, deliverance Gen 45:7 (E) Jer 25:35.
2 elsewhere probably always escaped remnant:
a. of green things (from locusts) Exo 10:5 (J) Joe 2:3.
b. of person Gen 32:9 (J) Jdg 21:17; Isa 15:9; Jer 50:29; 1Ch 4:43; 2Ch 12:7; 2Ch 20:24; 2Ch 30:6; Ezr 9:8; Dan 11:42; + מִמְּנֵי 2Sa 15:14.
c. specifically of those of Judah escaped from Assyrians 2Ki 19:30-31, (+ מִן) = Isa 37:31-32, compare Isa 10:20; from Babylonian Neh 1:2; Ezr 9:13-14, Ezr 9:15, compare Eze 14:22; after ׳י's future judgment Isa 4:2; Obadiah 17; Joe 3:5.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Groups28 occurrences

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

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0