Usually translated as
escape, deliver, save, lay, let alone, preserve, leap out, let go, speedily, surely
Occurrences
Mâlaṭ occurs 95 times in 85 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Judges (2), 1 Samuel (11), 2 Samuel (4), 1 Kings (4), 2 Kings (3), 2 Chronicles (1), Esther (1), Job (10), Psalms (7), Proverbs (3), Ecclesiastes (3), Isaiah (9), Jeremiah (12), Ezekiel (3), Daniel (2), Joel (1), Amos (3), Zechariah (1), Malachi (1)
- Genesis 19:17 — And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape (הִמָּלֵ֣ט) for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
- Genesis 19:17 — 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 (הִמָּלֵ֖ט) to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
- Genesis 19:19 — Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape (לְהִמָּלֵ֣ט) to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
- Genesis 19:20 — Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape (אִמָּלְטָ֨ה) thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
- Genesis 19:22 — Haste thee, escape (הִמָּלֵ֣ט) thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- Judges 3:26 — And Ehud escaped (נִמְלַ֖ט) while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
- Judges 3:26 — And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped (וַיִּמָּלֵ֖ט) unto Seirath.
- Judges 3:29 — And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped (נִמְלַ֖ט) not a man.
- 1 Samuel 19:10 — 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 (וַיִּמָּלֵ֖ט) that night.
- 1 Samuel 19:11 — 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 (מְמַלֵּ֤ט) not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
- 1 Samuel 19:12 — So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped (וַיִּמָּלֵֽט).
- 1 Samuel 19:17 — And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped (וַיִּמָּלֵ֑ט)? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
- 1 Samuel 19:18 — So David fled, and escaped (וַיִּמָּלֵ֗ט), 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.
- 1 Samuel 20:29 — 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 (אִמָּ֥לְטָה), I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king’s table.
- 1 Samuel 22:1 — David therefore departed thence, and escaped (וַיִּמָּלֵ֖ט) to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him.
- 1 Samuel 22:20 — And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped (וַיִּמָּלֵ֣ט), and fled after David.
- 1 Samuel 23:13 — 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 (נִמְלַ֤ט) from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
- 1 Samuel 27:1 — 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 (הִמָּלֵ֥ט) 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.
- 1 Samuel 27:1 — 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 (וְנִמְלַטְתִּ֖י) 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.
- 1 Samuel 27:1 — 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 (אִמָּלֵ֣ט) out of his hand.
- 1 Samuel 30:17 — And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped (נִמְלַ֤ט) not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.
- 2 Samuel 1:3 — And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped (נִמְלָֽטְתִּי).
- 2 Samuel 4:6 — 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 (נִמְלָֽטוּ).
- 2 Samuel 19:5 — 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 (הַֽמְמַלְּטִ֤ים) thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
- 2 Samuel 19:9 — And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered (מִלְּטָ֙נוּ֙) us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
- 1 Kings 1:12 — Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save (וּמַלְּטִי֙) thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
- 1 Kings 18:40 — And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape (יִמָּלֵ֥ט). And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
- 1 Kings 19:17 — And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth (הַנִּמְלָ֛ט) the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
- 1 Kings 19:17 — And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth (וְהַנִּמְלָ֛ט) from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
- 1 Kings 20:20 — And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped (וַיִּמָּלֵ֗ט) on an horse with the horsemen.
- 2 Kings 10:24 — And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape (יִמָּלֵט֙), he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.
- 2 Kings 19:37 — 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 (נִמְלְט֖וּ) into the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
- 2 Kings 23:18 — And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone (וַֽיְמַלְּטוּ֙), with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
- 2 Chronicles 16:7 — 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 (נִמְלַ֛ט) out of thine hand.
- Esther 4:13 — Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape (לְהִמָּלֵ֥ט) in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.
- Job 1:15 — 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 (וָֽאִמָּ֨לְטָ֧ה) alone to tell thee.
- Job 1:16 — While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped (וָאִמָּ֨לְטָ֧ה) alone to tell thee.
- Job 1:17 — While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped (וָאִמָּ֨לְטָ֧ה) alone to tell thee.
- Job 1:19 — And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped (וָאִמָּ֨לְטָ֧ה) alone to tell thee.
- Job 6:23 — Or, Deliver (וּמַלְּט֥וּנִי) me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
- Job 19:20 — My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped (וָ֝אֶתְמַלְּטָ֗ה) with the skin of my teeth.
- Job 20:20 — Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save (יְמַלֵּֽט) of that which he desired.
- Job 22:30 — He shall deliver (יְֽמַלֵּ֥ט) the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
- Job 22:30 — He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered (וְ֝נִמְלַ֗ט) by the pureness of thine hands.
- Job 29:12 — Because I delivered (אֲ֭מַלֵּט) the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
- Job 41:19 — Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out (יִתְמַלָּֽטוּ).
- Psalms 22:5 — They cried unto thee, and were delivered (וְנִמְלָ֑טוּ): they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
- Psalms 33:17 — An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver (יְמַלֵּֽט) any by his great strength.
- Psalms 41:1 — Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver (יְֽמַלְּטֵ֥הוּ) him in time of trouble.
- Psalms 89:48 — What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver (יְמַלֵּ֨ט) his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.