Strong's Lexicon

H4422

H4422 — מָלַט

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewmalatverbOccurrences: 95TWOT: 1198

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4422
Word:מָלַט
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:95
Transliteration:malat
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:maw-lat'
Meaning:1. (properly) to be smooth 2. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness) 3. causatively, to release or rescue 4. specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
KJV Renderings:deliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, X speedily, X surely.

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[מָלַט] verb slip away (not in Qal) (Late Hebrew מִילּוּט rescue; ᵑ7 מְלַט (rare) = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2995] is have scanty hair; IV. cast the foetus without hair ; [slip away, escape from hand is [untranscribed source text 2996]]); —

Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular נִמְלַט Judg 3:26 + 6 t.; 3 feminine singular נִמְלְטָה Ps 124:7, with וְ consecutive וְנִמְלָ֑טָה Jer 48:19 3 masculine plural נִמְלָ֑טוּ 2Sam 4:6 + 8 t. Perfect; Imperfect יִמָּלֵט Amos 9:1 + 13 t.; ׳ וַיִּמּ Judg 3:26 + 7 t.; 1 singular אִמָּֽלְטָה Gen 19:20 +; 3 masculine plural וַיִּמָּלֵ֑טוּ Mal 3:15 + 1 2 t. Imperfect; Imperative הִמָּלֵט Gen 19:17 (twice in verse); Gen 19:22 feminine הִמָּֽלְטִי Zech 2:11 Infinitive absolute הִמָּלֵט 1Sam 27:1 (but read אִם אִמָּלֵט ᵐ5 We Dr Löhr HPS; > Th Kit Bu insert אִם before ׳ הִמּ); construct id., Gen 19:19; Esth 4:3 Participle נִמְלָט 1Kgs 19:17 (twice in verse); —
1. slip away אִמָּֽלְטָה נָּא וְאֶרְאֶה אֶתאֶֿחָ֑י 1Sam 20:29 let me slip away to see my brethren; slip through, or past (into the house) 2Sam 4:6 (compare Dr HPS and Pi`el 1, Hiph`il 2; > Klo *נִלְאָ֑טוּ, √ לאט, after ᵐ5 ἔλαθον).
2. escape, Judg 3:29; 1Sam 19:10 (|| נוּס) 1Sam 19:12 1Sam 19:18 (both || בָּרַח), 1Sam 19:17; 1Sam 22:20 (|| בָּרַח), 1Sam 30:17; 1Kgs 18:40; 1Kgs 20:20 (|| נוּס ) 2Kgs 10:24; Isa 20:6 (|| נִצַּל, נוּס), Isa 49:24; Isa 49:25; Jer 46:6; Jer 48:8; Jer 48:19 (|| נוּס), Ezek 17:15 (twice in verse); Ezek 17:18; Amos 9:1; Joel 3:5; Zech 2:11; Mal 3:15; Ps 124:7; Prov 19:6; Job 1:15; Job 1:16; Job 1:17; Job 1:19 with מִן of place whence 1Sam 23:13; 2Sam 1:3; Ps 124:7 with אֶלֿ = whither 1Sam 22:1; 1Sam 27:1 (twice in verse); with עַד Judg 3:26 with ָ  ה locative, Gen 19:17; Gen 19:19; Gen 19:20; Gen 19:22 ( J ), Judg 3:26 with accusative 2Kgs 19:37 = Isa 37:38; Esth 4:13 with מִן of person from whom Eccl 7:26 with מִיַּד 1Sam 27:1; 2Chr 16:7; Jer 32:4; Jer 34:3; Jer 38:18; Jer 38:23; Dan 11:41 מִפְּנֵי Jer 41:15 מֵחֶרֶב 1Kgs 19:17 (twice in verse); with עַלנֶֿפֶשׁ for one's life Gen 19:17.
3. passive be delivered Ps 22:6 ; Prov 11:21; Prov 28:26; Job 22:30; Dan 12:1 (later usage).
Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular מִלֵּט Ezek 33:5 וּמִלַּטֿ Eccl 9:15 suffix מִלְּטֵ֫נוּ 2Sam 19:10 Imperfect יְמַלֵּט Amos 2:14 + 8 t., suffix יְמַלְּטֵ֫הוּ Ps 41:2 + 5 t. Imperfect; Imperative מַלְּטָה Ps 116:4 feminine מַלְּטִי 1Kgs 1:12 + 4 t. Imperative; Infinitive absolute מַלֵּט Isa 46:2; Jer 39:18 Participle מְמַלֵּט 1Sam 19:11 plural מְמַלְּטִים 2Sam 19:6
1. lay (eggs; i.e. let them slip out; of arrow-snake) Isa 34:15 .
2. let escape: וימלטו עצמתיו 2Kgs 23:18 and so they let his bones (the prophet's) escape (from the burning).
3. deliver, absolute Isa 46:4 with accusative Isa 46:2; Jer 39:18 (twice in verse); Ps 41:2; Job 22:30; Job 29:12; Eccl 8:8; Eccl 9:15 with מִיַּד Job 6:23 מִכַּף 2Sam 19:10 מִשְּׁחִיתוֺתָם Ps 107:20 elsewhere מִלֵּט נֶפֶשׁ deliver, save, life 1Sam 19:11; 2Sam 19:6; 1Kgs 1:12; Jer 48:6; Jer 51:6; Jer 51:45; Ezek 33:5; Amos 2:14; Amos 2:15; Ps 89:49; Ps 116:4 נפשׁ. omitted Amos 2:15; Ps 33:17; Job 20:20. — (This form not in Hexateuch, Judges, Chronicles, Isa1)
Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular הִמְלִיט Isa 31:5 3 feminine singular הִמְ֫לִיטָה Isa 66:7.
1. give birth to a male child Isa 66:7 (|| יָָֽלְדָה, compare Pi`el 1).
2. deliver: absolute Isa 31:5 (|| גָּנַן, הִצִּיל, פָּסַח).
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.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מלט (mā-lat’)

Judges 3:26

KJV: And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
EHCC: Ehud escaped while tarried,

1 Samuel 23:13

KJV: Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
EHCC: David was eseaped from Keilah ;

1 Samuel 27:1

KJV: And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.perish: Heb. be consumed
EHCC: so shall I escape out of his hand.

1 Samuel 30:17

KJV: And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.the next…: Heb. their morrow
EHCC: there escaped not a man

2 Samuel 1:3

KJV: And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
EHCC: Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. .

2 Samuel 4:6

KJV: And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
EHCC: Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

2 Kings 19:37

KJV: And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.Armenia: Heb. Ararat
EHCC: and they escaped into the land of

2 Chronicles 16:7

KJV: And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
EHCC: the host of the king of Syria escaped

Job 22:30

KJV: He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.He shall…: or, The innocent shall deliver the island
EHCC: and it is delivered by the pureness of

Psalms 22:5

KJV: They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
EHCC: (6).cried unto thee, and were delivered :

Psalms 124:7

KJV: Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
EHCC: Our soul ts escaped

Proverbs 11:21

KJV: Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
EHCC: the righteous shall be delivered.

Isaiah 37:38

KJV: And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar–haddon his son reigned in his stead.Armenia: Heb. Ararat
EHCC: and er escaped into the land of

Jeremiah 41:15

KJV: But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.
EHCC: Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped

Ezekiel 17:15

KJV: But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
EHCC: break the covenant, and be delivered ?

Esther 4:13

KJV: Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.
EHCC: that thou shalt escape in the king's house,

Genesis 19:17

KJV: And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
EHCC: Escape for thy life ;

Zechariah 2:7

KJV: Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
EHCC: (11). Deliver thyself, O Zion,

Genesis 19:20

KJV: Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
EHCC: Oh, let me escape thither,

Judges 3:26

KJV: And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
EHCC: and escaped unto Seirath.

1 Samuel 19:10

KJV: And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
EHCC: David fled, and escaped

1 Samuel 20:29

KJV: And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king’s table.
EHCC: lef me get away, I pray thee,

1 Samuel 92:1

EHCC: and escaped to the cave Adullam:

1 Samuel 27:1

KJV: And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.perish: Heb. be consumed
EHCC: that I should speedily escape

1 Kings 18:40

KJV: And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.Take: or, Apprehend
EHCC: let not one of them escape. .

1 Kings 20:20

KJV: And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben–hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.
EHCC: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria eseaped

2 Kings 10:94

EHCC: 1/( any of the men...escape,

Job 1:15

KJV: And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
EHCC: 16,17, 19.and 1 only am escaped

Proverbs 19:5

KJV: A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.unpunished: Heb. held innocent
EHCC: (he that) speaketh lies shall not escape.

Proverbs 28:26

KJV: He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
EHCC: whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

KJV: And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.whoso…: Heb. he that is good before God
EHCC: whoso pleaseth God shall escape

Isaiah 20:6

KJV: And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?isle: or, country
EHCC: how shall we escape?

Isaiah 49:24

KJV: Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?lawful…: Heb. captivity of the just
EHCC: or the lawful captive delivered 7

Jeremiah 32:4

KJV: And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;
EHCC: shall not escape out of the hand

Jeremiah 34:3

KJV: And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.he shall…: Heb. his mouth shall speak to thy mouth
EHCC: thou shalt not escape out of his hand,

Jeremiah 38:18

KJV: But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.
EHCC: 23. thou shalt not escape out of their hand.

Jeremiah 46:6

KJV: Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
EHCC: nor the mighty man escape ;

Jeremiah 48:8

KJV: And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord hath spoken.
EHCC: no city shall escape:

Ezekiel 17:15

KJV: But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
EHCC: shall he escape that doeth such (things) ?

Daniel 11:41

KJV: He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.glorious…: or, goodly, etc.: Heb. land of delight, or, ornament
EHCC: these shall escape out of

Daniel 12:1

KJV: And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
EHCC: thy people shall be delivered,

Joel 2:32

KJV: And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.
EHCC: (3:5). whosoever shall call on the name of

Amos 9:1

KJV: I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.lintel: or, chapiter, or, knopcut…: or, wound them
EHCC: shall not be delivered.

Malachi 3:15

KJV: And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.are set up: Heb. are built
EHCC: they that tempt God are even delivered.

1 Kings 19:17

KJV: And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
EHCC: him that escapeth the sword of Hazael

Jeremiah 48:19

KJV: O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress
EHCC: him that fleeth, and her thut escapeth,

Jeremiah 258:19

EHCC: 9({10).and he delivered us out of the hand of

Ecclesiastes 9:15

KJV: Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
EHCC: and he by his wisdom delivered the city ;

Jeremiah 89:18

EHCC: 1 will surely deliver (lit. delivering 1 will

1 Kings 1:12

KJV: Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
EHCC: that thou mayest save thine own life,

Job 6:23

KJV: Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
EHCC: Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand ?

Psalms 116:4

KJV: Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
EHCC: 0 Lord,...deliver my soul.

Jeremiah 48:6

KJV: Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.the heath: or, a naked tree
EHCC: Flee, save your lives,

Jeremiah 51:6

KJV: Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
EHCC: and deliver every man his soul:

2 Kings 93:18

EHCC: So they let his bones alone, (marg. to es-

Job 20:20

KJV: Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.feel: Heb. know
EHCC: he shall not save of that

Job 22:30

KJV: He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.He shall…: or, The innocent shall deliver the island
EHCC: He shall deliver the island

Job 29:12

KJV: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
EHCC: J delivered the poor that cried,

Psalms 33:17

KJV: An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
EHCC: neither shall he deliver (any)

Psalms 41:1

KJV: To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.the poor: or, the weak, or, sickin time…: Heb. in the day of evil
EHCC: (2).the Lord will deliver him

Psalms 89:48

KJV: What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
EHCC: (49). shall he deliver his soul

Psalms 107:90

EHCC: and delivered (them) from

Ecclesiastes 8:8

KJV: There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.discharge: or, casting off weapons
EHCC: neither shall wickedness deliver

Isaiah 34:15

KJV: There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
EHCC: the reat owl make her nest, and lay,

Isaiah 46:4

KJV: And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
EHCC: 1 wi cary, and will deliver (you).

Jeremiah 39:18

KJV: For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lord.
EHCC: 7 will surely deliver thee,

Amos 2:14

KJV: Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:himself: Heb. his soul, or, life
EHCC: neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

1 Samuel 19:11

KJV: Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
EHCC: If thou save (lit, art saving) not thy life

2 Samuel 19:5

KJV: And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
EHCC: (6).which this day have saved thy life,

2 Samuel 66:7

EHCC: she was delivered of a man child.

Job 19:20

KJV: My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.and to: or, as to
EHCC: and Tam fscaped with the skin of my

Job 41:19

KJV: Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
EHCC: (11). sparks of fire leap out.
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