† [
מָלַט]
verb slip away (not in
Qal) (Late Hebrew
מִילּוּט rescue;
מְלַט (rare) = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic

is
have scanty hair; IV.
cast the foetus without hair; [
slip away, escape from hand is

]); —
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִמְלַט Judges 3:26 +
6 times;
3rd person feminine singular נִמְלְטָה Psalm 124:7, with
וְ consecutive
וְנִמְלָ֑טָה Jeremiah 48:19;
3rd person masculine plural נִמְלָ֑טוּ 2 Samuel 4:6 +
8 times Perfect;
Imperfect יִמָּלֵט Amos 9:1 +
13 times;
וַיִּמּ׳ Judges 3:26 +
7 times;
1st person singular אִמָּֽלְטָה Genesis 19:20 +;
3rd person masculine plural וַיִּמָּלֵ֑טוּ Malachi 3:15 +
12 times 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 
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. 1,
Hiph. 2; > Klo *
נִלְאָ֑טוּ, √
לאט, after
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;
מִפְּנֵי Jeremiah 41:15;
מֵחֶרֶב 1 Kings 19:17 (twice in verse); with
עַלנֶֿפֶשׁ for one's life Genesis 19:17.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular מִלֵּט Ezekiel 33:5;
וּמִלַּטֿ Ecclesiastes 9:15; suffix
מִלְּטֵ֫נוּ 2 Samuel 19:10;
Imperfect יְמַלֵּט Amos 2:14 +
8 times, suffix
יְמַלְּטֵ֫הוּ Psalm 41:2; +
5 times Imperfect;
Imperative מַלְּטָה Psalm 116:4; feminine
מַלְּטִי 1 Kings 1:12; +
4 times 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).
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִמְלִיט Isaiah 31:5;
3rd person feminine singular הִמְ֫לִיטָה Isaiah 66:7.
1. give birth to a male child
Isaiah 66:7 (||
יָֽלְדָה, compare
Pi. 1).
2. deliver: absolute
Isaiah 31:5 (||
גָּנַן,
הִצִּיל,
פָּסַח).
Hithp. Imperfect 1st person singular וָאֶתְמַלְּטָה Job 19:20;
3rd person 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.
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