מָלַט H4422

Home gloss: slip away (niphal)
Instead of (KJV / RSV): escape
Note: To get away, as out of a grasp (19:17–22; 1 Sam 19:10–12). "Escapee" is פָּלִיט's (14:13)
Rulings: 2

Occurrences (5)

19:17 And it was, when they had brought them out outside, and he said, "Slip away for your soul! Do not look behind you, and do not stand in all the circle. To the mountain slip away, lest you be swept away."
19:17 And it was, when they had brought them out outside, and he said, "Slip away for your soul! Do not look behind you, and do not stand in all the circle. To the mountain slip away, lest you be swept away."
19:19 Look, please, your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have made great your loyalty which you have done with me, to keep my soul alive; and I, I am not able to slip away to the mountain, lest the bad cling to me and I die.
19:20 Look, please, this city is near to flee there, and it is a trifle. Let me slip away, please, there—is it not a trifle?—and my soul shall live."
19:22 Hurry, slip away there, for I am not able to do a word until you come there." On thus he called the name of the city Zoar.