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H4422מָלַטma.lat
to escapePart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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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 swept away.'
הִמָּלֵ֣ט hi.ma.Let “escape”הִמָּלֵ֖ט hi.ma.Let “escape”
behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shown unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest the evil overtake me, and I die.
לְהִמָּלֵ֣ט (הִמָּלֵ֣ט) hi.ma.Let “escape”
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.'
אִמָּלְטָ֨ה 'i.mal.Tah “let me escape”
Hasten thou, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither.' --Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.--
הִמָּלֵ֣ט hi.ma.Let “escape”
And Ehud escaped while they lingered, having passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah.
נִמְלַ֖ט nim.Lat “he escaped”וַיִּמָּלֵ֖ט (יִּמָּלֵ֖ט) i.yi.ma.Let “he escaped”
And they smote of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valour; and there escaped not a man.
נִמְלַ֖ט nim.Lat “he escaped”
And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into the wall; and David fled, and escaped that night.
וַיִּמָּלֵ֖ט (יִּמָּלֵ֖ט) i.yi.ma.Let “he escaped”
And Saul 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.'
מְמַלֵּ֤ט me.ma.Let “[are] delivering”
So Michal let David down through the window; and he went, and fled, and escaped.
וַיִּמָּלֵֽט׃ (יִּמָּלֵֽט) i.yi.ma.Let “he escaped”
And Saul said unto Michal: 'Why hast thou deceived me thus, and let mine enemy go, that he is escaped?' And Michal answered Saul: 'He said unto me: Let me go; why should I kill thee?'
וַיִּמָּלֵ֑ט (יִּמָּלֵ֑ט) i.yi.ma.Let “he has escaped”
Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
וַיִּמָּלֵ֗ט (יִּמָּלֵ֗ט) i.yi.ma.Let “he escaped”
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; and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he is not come unto the ki
אִמָּ֥לְטָה 'i.Mal.tah “let me slip away”
David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.
וַיִּמָּלֵ֖ט (יִּמָּלֵ֖ט) i.yi.ma.Let “he escaped”
And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
וַיִּמָּלֵ֣ט (יִּמָּלֵ֣ט) i.yi.ma.Let “he escaped”
Then David and his men, who 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 forbore to go forth.
נִמְלַ֤ט nim.Lat “he had escaped”
And David said in his heart: 'I shall now be swept away one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel;
הִמָּלֵ֥ט hi.ma.Let “really <escape>”אִמָּלֵ֣ט׀ 'i.ma.Let “I will escape”וְנִמְלַטְתִּ֖י (נִמְלַטְתִּ֖י) nim.la.Ti “I will be delivered”
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, who rode upon camels and fled.
נִמְלַ֤ט nim.Lat “he escaped”
And David said unto him: 'From whence comest thou?' And he said unto him: 'Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.'
נִמְלָֽטְתִּי׃ nim.La.te.ti “I have escaped”
And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him in the groin; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
נִמְלָֽטוּ׃ nim.La.tu “they escaped”
And Joab came into the house to the king, and said: 'Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, who 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 concub
הַֽמְמַלְּטִ֤ים (מְמַלְּטִ֤ים) ma.le.Tim “rescued”
And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying: 'The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land from Absalom.
מִלְּטָ֙נוּ֙ (מִלְּטָ֙) mi.le.Ta. “he rescued”
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.
וּמַלְּטִי֙ (מַלְּטִי֙) ma.le.Ti “save”
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.
יִמָּלֵ֥ט yi.ma.Let “he escape”
And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay; and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
הַנִּמְלָ֛ט (נִּמְלָ֛ט) nim.Lat “[one who] escapes”וְהַנִּמְלָ֛ט (נִּמְלָ֛ט) nim.Lat “[one who] escapes”
And they slew every one his man; and the Arameans fled, and Israel pursued them; and Ben-hadad the king of Aram escaped on a horse with horsemen.
וַיִּמָּלֵ֗ט (יִּמָּלֵ֗ט) i.yi.ma.Let “he escaped”