מָלַט
mâlaṭ · maw-lat'
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
- properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness)
- causatively, to release or rescue
- specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: deliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] surely.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › to surround and contain
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָלַט above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
95 occurrences · 95 OT · 0 NT · 78 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- escape6 · 11%
- escaped6 · 11%
- deliver5 · 9%
- and escaped4 · 7%
- shall be delivered4 · 7%
- and thou shalt not escape out3 · 6%
- and i only am escaped3 · 6%
- and there escaped2 · 4%
- shall not escape2 · 4%
- delivered2 · 4%
- and they escaped2 · 4%
- shall escape2 · 4%
- if thou save1 · 2%
- that thou mayest save1 · 2%
- and he delivered1 · 2%
- thee, escape1 · 2%
- am i escaped1 · 2%
- so shall i escape1 · 2%
- i should speedily1 · 2%
- was escaped1 · 2%
- thence, and escaped1 · 2%
- have saved1 · 2%
- let me get away1 · 2%
- that he is escaped1 · 2%
- oh, let me escape1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.