Brown-Driver-Briggs
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מָלַט]
verb slip away (not in
Qal) (Late Hebrew מִילּוּט rescue; ᵑ7 מְלַט (rare) = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic 
is have scanty hair; IV. cast the foetus without hair; [slip away, escape from hand is 
]); —
Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular נִמְלַט Judges 3:26 6t.; 3 feminine singular נִמְלְטָה Psalm 124:7, with וְ consecutive וְנִמְלָ֑טָה Jeremiah 48:19; 3masculine 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 אִמָּלֵט ᵐ5 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 נָּא וְאֶרְאֶה 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; 2Chronicles 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 Perfect3masculine 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 Perfect3masculine singular הִמְלִיט Isaiah 31:5; 3feminine 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 Imperfect1singular וָאֶתְמַלְּטָה Job 19:20; 3masculine 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.
