H4422. malat

[מָלַט‎] verb slip away (not in

Qal) (Late Hebrew מִילּוּט‎ rescue; מְלַט ᵑ7‎ (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); 19:22; feminine הִמָּֽלְטִי‎ Zechariah 2:11; Infinitive absolute הִמָּלֵט‎ 1 Samuel 27:1; (but read ᵐ5 אִמָּלֵט אִם‎ 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 אֶתאֶֿחָ֑י וְאֶרְאֶה נָּא אִמָּֽלְטָה‎ 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) 19:12; 19:18 (both "" בָּרַח‎), 19:17; 22:20 ("" בָּרַח‎), 30:17; 1 Kings 18:40; 20:20 ("" נוּס‎) 2 Kings 10:24; Isaiah 20:6 ("" נוּס נִצַּל,‎), 49:24-25, Jeremiah 46:6; 48:8, 19 ("" נוּס‎), Ezekiel 17:15 (twice in verse); 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; 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; 34:3; 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; 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 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: עצמתיו וימלטו‎ 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 46:2; Jeremiah 39:18 (twice in verse); Psalm 41:2; Job 22:30; 29:12; Ecclesiastes 8:8; 9:15; with מִיַּד‎ Job 6:23; מִכַּף‎ 2 Samuel 19:10; מִשְּׁחִיתוֺתָם‎ Psalm 107:20; elsewhere נֶפֶשׁ מִלֵּט‎ deliver, save, life 1 Samuel 19:11; 2 Samuel 19:6; 1 Kings 1:12; Jeremiah 48:6; 51:6, 45; Ezekiel 33:5; Amos 2:14-15, Psalm 89:49; 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 66:7.

1 give birth to a male child Isaiah 66:7 ("" יָָֽלְדָה‎, compare Pi`el 1).

2 deliver: absolute Isaiah 31:5 ("" מָּסַח הִצִּיל, גָּנַן,‎).

Hithpa`el Imperfect1singular וָאֶתְמַלְּטָה‎ Job 19:20; 3masculine plural יִתְמַלְּטוּ‎ 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.