פָּלַט
pâlaṭ · paw-lat'
to slip out, i.e. escape; causatively, to deliver
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to slip out, i.e. escape; causatively, to deliver
- to slip out, i.e. escape
- causatively, to deliver
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: calve, carry away safe, deliver, (cause to) escape.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- 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)
to speak, the word › authority, the one who leads › to surround and contain
To speak, the word of authority, the one who leads that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּלַט 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
26 occurrences · 26 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and my deliverer5 · 20%
- deliver4 · 16%
- thou also hast delivered1 · 4%
- calveth1 · 4%
- with him; so should i be delivered1 · 4%
- thou hast delivered1 · 4%
- he delivereth1 · 4%
- and thou didst deliver1 · 4%
- that he would deliver1 · 4%
- them, and deliver1 · 4%
- them: he shall deliver1 · 4%
- o deliver1 · 4%
- and cause me to escape1 · 4%
- upon me, therefore will i deliver1 · 4%
- and shall carry it away safe1 · 4%
- but they that escape1 · 4%
- but shalt not deliver1 · 4%
- and that which thou deliverest1 · 4%
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.