פָּלַט

vb. escape (NH id.; Ph. in n.pr.; Arabic فلت iv. escape, Vulg. Ar. فلط; Old Aramaic פלט Pa. rescue, 𝔗 פְּלַט, Syriac ܦܠܰܛ );— Pf. 3 pl. consec. וּפָֽלְטוּ Ez 7:16 and (if) escapers of them escape. causat.: Impf. 3 ms. sf. יְפַלְּטֵם; 2 ms. תְּפַלֵּט Mi 6:14, etc.; Imv. ms. פַּלְּטָה ψ 17:13, etc.; Pt. sf. מְפַלְּטִי 18:3 +;— bring into security Mi 6:14; especially of י׳, deliver, c. acc. pers., ψ 22:5, 9; 31:2; 37:40; 71:2 (+ הִצִּיל), 82:4; 91:14; + מִן from 2 S 22:44 = ψ 18:44, ψ 18:49 (מוֹצִיא ‖ 2 S 22:49), 17:13; 37:40; 43:1; 71:4; pt. c. sf., my deliverer 2 S 22:2 = ψ 18:3, ψ 40:18; 70:6; 144:2. cause to escape, cast forth, of cow calving Jb 21:10 (cf. [מָלַט] Hiph., also 𝔗 vomit out, and so ܦܰܠܶܛ). appar. intrans. be delivered, c. מִן Jb 23:7, but dub.; Bu Qal (‘perhaps’); 𝔊 Du read מִשְׁפָּטִי as obj. (but elsewhere י׳ subj. Of Pi.). bring into security; Impf. 3 ms. יַפְלִיט Is 5:29 of Assyria, under fig. of lion, carrying off prey (opp. הִצִּיל); 2 ms. תַּפְלִיט Mi 6:14 (cf. Pi. 1).