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Strong's #4422 - מָלַט
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- to slip away, escape, deliver, save, be delivered
- 1a)(Niphal)
- to slip away
- to escape
- to be delivered
- (Piel)
- to lay, let slip out (of eggs)
- to let escape
- to deliver, save (life)
- (Hiphil)
- to give birth to
- to deliver
- (Hithpael)
- to slip forth, slip out, escape
- to escape
- 1a)(Niphal)
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2339) ulm (מלתה MLTh) AC: Deliver CO: ? AB: ?
V) ulm (מלתה MLTh) - Deliver: KJV (95): (vf: Niphal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Piel) escape, deliver, save, alone, get, lay, preserve - Strongs: H4422 (מָלַט)
Nm) ulm (מלתה MLTh) - Mor KJV (1): clay - Strongs: H4423 (מֶלֶט)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal) (Late Hebrew מִילּוּט rescue; ᵑ7מְלַט (rare) = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic is have scanty hair; IV. cast the foetus without hair; [ slip away, escape from hand is ]); —
Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular נִמְלַט Judges 3:26 6t.; 3 feminine singular נִמְלְטָה Psalm 124:7, with וְ consecutive וְנִמְלָ֑טָה Jeremiah 48:19; 3 masculine plural נִמְלָ֑טוּ 2 Samuel 4:6 8t. Perfect; Imperfect יִמָּלֵט Amos 9:1 13t.; ׳וַיִּמּ Judges 3:26 7t.; 1 singular אִמָּֽלְטָה Genesis 19:20 +; 3 masculine plural וַיִּמָּלֵ֑טוּ Malachi 3:15 12t. Imperfect; Imperative הִמָּלֵט Genesis 19:17 (twice in verse); Genesis 19:22; feminine הִמָּֽלְטִי Zechariah 2:11; Infinitive absolute הִמָּלֵט 1 Samuel 27:1; (but read אִם אִמָּלֵטᵐ5 We Dr Löhr HPS; > Th Kit Bu insert אִם before ׳הִמּ); construct id., Genesis 19:19; Esther 4:3; Participle נִמְלָט 1 Kings 19:17 (twice in verse); —
1 slip away אִמָּֽלְטָה נָּאוְאֶרְאֶה אֶתאֶֿחָ֑י 1 Samuel 20:29 let me slip away to see my brethren; slip through, or past (into the house) 2 Samuel 4:6 (compare Dr HPS and Pi`el 1, Hiph`il 2; > Klo *נִלְאָ֑טוּ, √ לאט, after ᵐ5 ἔλαθον).
2 escape, Judges 3:29; 1 Samuel 19:10 ("" נוּס) 1 Samuel 19:12; 1 Samuel 19:18 (both "" בָּרַח), 1 Samuel 19:17; 1 Samuel 22:20 ("" בָּרַח), 1 Samuel 30:17; 1 Kings 18:40; 1 Kings 20:20 ("" נוּס) 2 Kings 10:24; Isaiah 20:6 ("" נִצַּל, נוּס), Isaiah 49:24,25; Jeremiah 46:6; Jeremiah 48:8,19 ("" נוּס), Ezekiel 17:15 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 17:18; Amos 9:1; Joel 3:5; Zechariah 2:11; Malachi 3:15; Psalm 124:7; Proverbs 19:6; Job 1:15,16,17,19; with מִן of place whence 1 Samuel 23:13; 2 Samuel 1:3; Psalm 124:7; with אֶלֿ = whither 1 Samuel 22:1; 1 Samuel 27:1 (twice in verse); with עַד Judges 3:26; with ָ ה locative, Genesis 19:17,19,20,22 (J), Judges 3:26; with accusative 2 Kings 19:37 = Isaiah 37:38; Esther 4:13; with מִן of person from whom Ecclesiastes 7:26; with מִיַּד 1 Samuel 27:1; 2 Chronicles 16:7; Jeremiah 32:4; Jeremiah 34:3; Jeremiah 38:18,23; Daniel 11:41; מִמְּנֵי Jeremiah 41:15; מֵחֶרֶב 1 Kings 19:17 (twice in verse); with עַלנֶֿפֶשׁ for one's life Genesis 19:17.
3 passive be delivered Psalm 22:6; Proverbs 11:21; Proverbs 28:26; Job 22:30; Daniel 12:1 (later usage).
Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular מִלֵּט Ezekiel 33:5; וּמִלַּטֿ Ecclesiastes 9:15; suffix מִלְּטֵ֫נוּ 2 Samuel 19:10; Imperfect יְמַלֵּט Amos 2:14 8t., suffix יְמַלְּטֵ֫הוּ Psalm 41:2; 5t. Imperfect; Imperative מַלְּטָה Psalm 116:4; feminine מַלְּטִי 1 Kings 1:12; 4t. Imperative; Infinitive absolute מַלֵּט Isaiah 46:2; Jeremiah 39:18; Participle מְמַלֵּט 1 Samuel 19:11; plural מְמַלְּטִים 2 Samuel 19:6; —
1 lay (eggs; i.e. let them slip out; of arrow-snake) Isaiah 34:15.
2 let escape: וימלטו עצמתיו 2 Kings 23:18 and so they let his bones (the prophet's) escape (from the burning).
3 deliver, absolute Isaiah 46:4; with accusative Isaiah 46:2; Jeremiah 39:18 (twice in verse); Psalm 41:2; Job 22:30; Job 29:12; Ecclesiastes 8:8; Ecclesiastes 9:15; with מִיַּד Job 6:23; מִכַּף 2 Samuel 19:10; מִשְּׁחִיתוֺתָם Psalm 107:20; elsewhere מִלֵּט נֶפֶשׁ deliver, save, life 1 Samuel 19:11; 2 Samuel 19:6; 1 Kings 1:12; Jeremiah 48:6; Jeremiah 51:6,45; Ezekiel 33:5; Amos 2:14,15; Psalm 89:49; Psalm 116:4; נפשׁ. omitted Amos 2:15; Psalm 33:17; Job 20:20. — (This form not in Hexateuch, Judges , Chronicles, Isa1)
Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular הִמְלִיט Isaiah 31:5; 3 feminine singular הִמְ֫לִיטָה Isaiah 66:7.
1 give birth to a male child Isaiah 66:7 ("" יָָֽלְדָה, compare Pi`el 1).
2 deliver: absolute Isaiah 31:5 ("" גָּנַן, הִצִּיל, מָּסַח).
Hithpa`el Imperfect 1 singular וָאֶתְמַלְּטָה Job 19:20; 3 masculine plural יִתְמַלְּטוּ Job 41:11.
1 slip forth, escape (sparks of fire from jaws of crocodile; RV leap forth) Job 41:11.
2 escape (with the skin of the teeth, the gums; only these left unattacked by leprosy) Job 19:20.
מָלַט not used in Kal, pr. to be smooth [“to make smooth”], hence to slip away, to escape, i.q. the kindred פָּלַט. (Of the same family are the roots cited under מָלַח No. I. The third radical is a dental or a sibilant in מָלַץ, Arabic ملد II. to soften, ملث to smooth, to flatter, ملس to be soft, smooth, ملز to escape, to slip away, Gr. μέλδω to soften, μαλάσσω, μειλίσσω, although in these the root has γ, [comp. ἀμέλγω, μαλακός, mulgeo, mulceo]; Germ. mild, etc. With the letter l hardened is formed מָרַט, which see.)
Piel מִלֵּט and מִלַּט
(1) to cause to escape, to deliver from danger, Job 6:23, 29:12. מִלַּט נַפְשׁוֹ to preserve one’s own life, 1 Kings 1:12 מִלַּט נֶפֶשׁ פּ׳ to preserve any one’s life, 2 Samuel 19:6; Psalms 116:4.
(2) to lay eggs, pr. to cause to escape, Isaiah 34:15 see Hiph. No. 2. (Arab. مَلِيطُ fœtus.)
Hiphil
(1) to deliver, to rescue, Isaiah 31:5.
(2) to bring forth, Isaiah 66:7.
Niphal
(1) to be delivered, Psalms 22:6 more often however reflect. to deliver oneself, to escape, Genesis 19:19; 1 Samuel 30:17; Proverbs 11:21, 19:5 28:26.
(2) to go away in haste without the notion of flight, 1 Samuel 20:29.
Hithpael, i.q. Niph. Job 19:20, נָאֶתְמַלְּטָה בְּעוֹר שִׁנָּי “I have (hardly) escaped with the skin of my teeth,” proverb. for, there hardly remains anything sound in my body. (Arab. by a similar proverb زجا براسه to go away with one’s head, i.e. to preserve one’s life.) Poet. used of sparks flying about, Job 41:11. Hence