מָלַט
to escape
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘slip away’
- Piel
- An intensive or resultative active stem. Here: ‘lay’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘give birth to a male child Is 66’
- Hithpael
- The reflexive or reciprocal stem (the subject acts on itself). Here: ‘slip forth’
Form
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms 39 distinct
- Verb, Niphal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 12 times (13%)
- Verb, Piel, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 10 times (11%)
- Verb, Niphal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 8 times (8%)
- Verb, Niphal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 7 times (7%)
- Verb, Niphal, Sequential Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 4 times (4%)
- Verb, Niphal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural 4 times (4%)
- Verb, Piel, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural 4 times (4%)
- Verb, Niphal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 3 times (3%)
+31 more forms (43 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 95 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H4422 appears — 85 distinct verses across 20 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 4 verses
- Genesis 19:17 הִמָּלֵ֣ט הִמָּלֵ֖ט Niphal impv 2ms Niphal impv 2ms It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, "Escape for your life! Don't look behind you, neither stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed!"
- Genesis 19:19 לְ/הִמָּלֵ֣ט prep + Niphal inf.cs See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life. I can't escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die.
- Genesis 19:20 אִמָּלְטָ֨ה Niphal coh 1cs See now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (isn't it a little one?), and my soul will live."
- Genesis 19:22 הִמָּלֵ֣ט Niphal impv 2ms Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Judges 2 verses
- Judges 3:26 נִמְלַ֖ט וַ/יִּמָּלֵ֖ט Niphal pf 3ms conj + Niphal wimpf 3ms Ehud escaped while they waited, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to Seirah.
- Judges 3:29 נִמְלַ֖ט Niphal pf 3ms They struck of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valor; and there escaped not a man.
1 Samuel 11 verses
- 1 Samuel 19:10 וַ/יִּמָּלֵ֖ט conj + Niphal wimpf 3ms Saul sought to strike David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he struck the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
- 1 Samuel 19:11 מְמַלֵּ֤ט Piel ptcp.act ms Saul sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning: and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If you don't save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be slain.
- 1 Samuel 19:12 וַ/יִּמָּלֵֽט conj + Niphal wimpf 3ms So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
- 1 Samuel 19:17 וַ/יִּמָּלֵ֑ט conj + Niphal wimpf 3ms Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me thus, and let my enemy go, so that he is escaped? Michal answered Saul, He said to me, Let me go; why should I kill you?
- 1 Samuel 19:18 וַ/יִּמָּלֵ֗ט conj + Niphal wimpf 3ms Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. He and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.
- 1 Samuel 20:29 אִמָּ֥לְטָה Niphal coh 1cs and he said, Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he has commanded me [to be there]: and now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away, I pray you, and see my brothers. Therefore he is not come to the king's table.
- 1 Samuel 22:1 וַ/יִּמָּלֵ֖ט conj + Niphal wimpf 3ms David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.
- 1 Samuel 22:20 וַ/יִּמָּלֵ֣ט conj + Niphal wimpf 3ms One of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
- 1 Samuel 23:13 נִמְלַ֤ט Niphal pf 3ms Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. It was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he gave up going there.
- 1 Samuel 27:1 הִמָּלֵ֥ט אִמָּלֵ֣ט וְ/נִמְלַטְתִּ֖י Niphal inf.cs Niphal impf 1cs conj + Niphal wpf 1cs 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 escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
- 1 Samuel 30:17 נִמְלַ֤ט Niphal pf 3ms David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day: and there not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled.
2 Samuel 4 verses
- 2 Samuel 1:3 נִמְלָֽטְתִּי Niphal pf 1cs David said to him, From whence come you? He said to him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
- 2 Samuel 4:6 נִמְלָֽטוּ Niphal pf 3cp They came there into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they struck him in the body: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
- 2 Samuel 19:5 הַֽ/מְמַלְּטִ֤ים ptcl def.art + Piel ptcp.act mp Joab came into the house to the king, and said, You have shamed this day the faces of all your servants, who this day have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;
- 2 Samuel 19:9 מִלְּטָ֨/נוּ֙ Piel pf 3ms + sfx pers 1cp 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.
1 Kings 4 verses
- 1 Kings 1:12 וּ/מַלְּטִי֙ conj + Piel impv 2fs Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.
- 1 Kings 18:40 יִמָּלֵ֥ט Niphal juss 3ms and Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal; don't let one of them escape. They took them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
- 1 Kings 19:17 הַ/נִּמְלָ֛ט וְ/הַ/נִּמְלָ֛ט ptcl def.art + Niphal ptcp.act ms conj + ptcl def.art + Niphal ptcp.act ms It shall happen, that he who escapes from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu kill; and he who escapes from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha kill.
- 1 Kings 20:20 וַ/יִּמָּלֵ֗ט conj + Niphal wimpf 3ms They killed everyone his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them: and Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.
2 Kings 3 verses
- 2 Kings 10:24 יִמָּלֵט֙ Niphal impf 3ms They went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had appointed him eighty men outside, and said, If any of the men whom I bring into your hands escape, [he who lets him go], his life shall be for the life of him.
- 2 Kings 19:37 נִמְלְט֖וּ Niphal pf 3cp It happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 23:18 וַֽ/יְמַלְּטוּ֙ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp He said, Let him be; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.
2 Chronicles 1 verse
Esther 1 verse
Job 10 verses
- Job 1:15 וָֽ/אִמָּ֨לְטָ֧/ה conj + Niphal wimpf 1cs + sfx h and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you."
- Job 1:16 וָ/אִמָּ֨לְטָ֧/ה conj + Niphal wimpf 1cs + sfx h While he was still speaking, there also came another, and said, "The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you."
- Job 1:17 וָ/אִמָּ֨לְטָ֧/ה conj + Niphal wimpf 1cs + sfx h While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."
- Job 1:19 וָ/אִמָּ֨לְטָ֧/ה conj + Niphal wimpf 1cs + sfx h and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you."
- Job 6:23 וּ/מַלְּט֥וּ/נִי conj + Piel impv 2mp + sfx pers 1cs Or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand?' Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?'
- Job 19:20 וָ֝/אֶתְמַלְּטָ֗/ה conj + Hithpael wimpf 1cs + sfx h My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
- Job 20:20 יְמַלֵּֽט Piel impf 3ms "Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save anything of that in which he delights.
- Job 22:30 יְֽמַלֵּ֥ט וְ֝/נִמְלַ֗ט Piel impf 3ms conj + Niphal wpf 3ms He will even deliver him who is not innocent; Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."
- Job 29:12 אֲ֭מַלֵּט Piel impf 1cs Because I delivered the poor who cried, And the fatherless also, who had none to help him.
- Job 41:19 יִתְמַלָּֽטוּ Hithpael impf 3mp Out of his mouth go burning torches, Sparks of fire leap forth.
Psalms 7 verses
- Psalms 22:5 וְ/נִמְלָ֑טוּ conj + Niphal pf 3cp They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.
- Psalms 33:17 יְמַלֵּֽט Piel impf 3ms A horse is a vain thing for safety, Neither does he deliver any by his great power.
- Psalms 41:1 יְֽמַלְּטֵ֥/הוּ Piel impf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Blessed is he who considers the poor: Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
- Psalms 89:48 יְמַלֵּ֨ט Piel impf 3ms What man is he who shall live and not see death, Who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
- Psalms 107:20 וִֽ֝/ימַלֵּ֗ט conj + Piel impf 3ms He sends his word, and heals them, And delivers them from their graves.
- Psalms 116:4 מַלְּטָ֥/ה Piel impv 2ms + sfx h Then called I on the name of Yahweh: "Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul."
- Psalms 124:7 נִמְלְטָה֮ נִמְלָֽטְנוּ Niphal pf 3fs Niphal pf 1cp Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
Proverbs 3 verses
- Proverbs 11:21 נִמְלָֽט Niphal pf 3ms Most assuredly, the evil man will not be unpunished, But the seed of the righteous will be delivered.
- Proverbs 19:5 יִמָּלֵֽט Niphal impf 3ms A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
- Proverbs 28:26 יִמָּלֵֽט Niphal impf 3ms One who trusts in himself is a fool; But one who walks in wisdom, he is kept safe.
Ecclesiastes 3 verses
- Ecclesiastes 7:26 יִמָּלֵ֣ט Niphal impf 3ms I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
- Ecclesiastes 8:8 יְמַלֵּ֥ט Piel impf 3ms There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.
- Ecclesiastes 9:15 וּ/מִלַּט conj + Piel pf 3ms Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Isaiah 9 verses
- Isaiah 20:6 נִמָּלֵ֥ט Niphal impf 1cp The inhabitant of this coast-land shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and we, how shall we escape?
- Isaiah 31:5 וְ/הִמְלִֽיט conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms As birds hovering, so will Yahweh of Hosts protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver [it], he will pass over and preserve [it].
- Isaiah 34:15 וַ/תְּמַלֵּ֔ט conj + Piel wimpf 3fs There shall the dart-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shade; yes, there shall the kites be gathered, everyone with her mate.
- Isaiah 37:38 נִמְלְט֖וּ Niphal pf 3cp It happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.
- Isaiah 46:2 מַלֵּ֣ט Piel inf.cs They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
- Isaiah 46:4 וַ/אֲמַלֵּֽט conj + Piel impf 1cs and even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will deliver.
- Isaiah 49:24 יִמָּלֵֽט Niphal impf 3ms Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
- Isaiah 49:25 יִמָּלֵ֑ט Niphal impf 3ms But thus says Yahweh, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.
- Isaiah 66:7 וְ/הִמְלִ֥יטָה conj + Hiphil wpf 3fs Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man-child.
Jeremiah 12 verses
- Jeremiah 32:4 יִמָּלֵ֖ט Niphal impf 3ms and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall see his eyes;
- Jeremiah 34:3 תִמָּלֵט֙ Niphal impf 2ms and you shall not escape out of his hand, but shall surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and your eyes shall see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with you mouth to mouth, and you shall go to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 38:18 תִמָּלֵ֥ט Niphal impf 2ms But if you will not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape out of their hand.
- Jeremiah 38:23 תִמָּלֵ֣ט Niphal impf 2ms They shall bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans; and you shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.
- Jeremiah 39:18 מַלֵּט֙ אֲמַלֶּטְ/ךָ֔ Piel inf.abs Piel impf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms For I will surely save you, and you shall not fall by the sword, but your life shall be for a prey to you; because you have put your trust in me, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 41:15 נִמְלַט֙ Niphal pf 3ms But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.
- Jeremiah 46:6 יִמָּלֵ֖ט Niphal juss 3ms Don't let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.
- Jeremiah 48:6 מַלְּט֣וּ Piel impv 2mp Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
- Jeremiah 48:8 תִמָּלֵ֔ט Niphal impf 3fs The destroyer shall come on every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as Yahweh has spoken.
- Jeremiah 48:19 וְ/נִמְלָ֔טָה conj + Niphal ptcp.pass fs Inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch: ask him who flees, and her who escapes; say, What has been done?
- Jeremiah 51:6 וּ/מַלְּטוּ֙ conj + Piel impv 2mp Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; don't be cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time of Yahweh's vengeance; he will render to her a recompense.
- Jeremiah 51:45 וּ/מַלְּט֖וּ conj + Piel impv 2mp My people, go you out of the midst of her, and save yourselves every man from the fierce anger of Yahweh.
Ezekiel 3 verses
- Ezekiel 17:15 הֲ/יִמָּלֵט֙ וְ/נִמְלָֽט ptcl inter + Niphal impf 3ms conj + Niphal wpf 3ms But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape who does such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?
- Ezekiel 17:18 יִמָּלֵֽט Niphal impf 3ms For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not escape.
- Ezekiel 33:5 מִלֵּֽט Piel pf 3ms He heard the sound of the trumpet, and didn't take warning; his blood shall be on him; whereas if he had taken warning, he would have delivered his soul.
Daniel 2 verses
- Daniel 11:41 יִמָּלְט֣וּ Niphal impf 3mp He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many [countries] shall be overthrown; but these shall be delivered out of his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
- Daniel 12:1 יִמָּלֵ֣ט Niphal impf 3ms "At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who shall be found written in the book.
Joel 1 verse
Amos 3 verses
- Amos 2:14 יְמַלֵּ֥ט Piel impf 3ms Flight will perish from the swift; And the strong won't strengthen his force; Neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
- Amos 2:15 יְמַלֵּ֑ט יְמַלֵּ֖ט Piel impf 3ms Piel impf 3ms Neither shall he stand who handles the bow; And he who is swift of foot won't escape; Neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;
- Amos 9:1 יִמָּלֵ֥ט Niphal impf 3ms I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, "Strike the tops of the pillars, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will kill the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.
Zechariah 1 verse
Malachi 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“to escape” is the headline sense of the Hebrew verb מלט (mâlaṭ). Older and newer Bibles part ways — “escaped” in the King James Version, “escape” (Berean Standard Bible) in modern versions. See the renderings breakdown. It appears 85 verses across 20 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its moderately common vocabulary. Scripture first uses it in Genesis 19:17. Across 4 stems, its meaning turns on the binyan (Niphal, Piel). See the sense tree, 85-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H4422 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 85
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 85 distinct verses.
- 20 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 20 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #437
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 437 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 85 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 85 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 54 verses · 64%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 27 verses · 32%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 4 verses · 5%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Escaped 12×, Deliver 8×, Escape 7×
- American Standard Version: Escaped 12×, Escape 10×, Shall be delivered 5×
- Berean Standard Bible: Escape 17×, Escaped 11×, Have escaped 5×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Escape 14×, Escaped 8×, And 5×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H4422 across 95 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 41 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H4422 across 95 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 42 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H4422 across 93 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 39 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H4422 across 105 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 46 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
14 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hithpael (reflexive or reciprocal).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 14 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Niphal
- Pf. 3 ms. נִמְלַט Ju 3:26 + 6 times; 3 fs. נִמְלְטָה ψ 124:7, with וְ cons. וְנִמְלָ֑טָה Je 48:19; 3 mpl. נִמְלָ֑טוּ 2 S 4:6 + 8 times Pf.; Impf. יִמָּלֵט Am 9:1 + 13 times; וַיִּמּ׳ Ju 3:26 + 7 times; 1 s. אִמָּֽלְטָה Gn 19:20 +; 3 mpl. וַיִּמָּלֵ֑טוֹּ Mal 3:15 + 12 times Impf.; Imv. הִמָּלֵט Gn 19:17(×2), 22; f. הִמָּֽלְטִי Zc 2:11; Inf. abs. הִמָּלֵט 1 S 27:1 (but read אִם אִמָּלֵט 𝔊 We Dr Löhr HPS; > Th Kit Bu ins. אִם bef. הִמּ׳); cstr. id., Gn 19:19 Est 4:3; Pt. נִמְלָט 1 K 19:17(×2);— e.g. Judges 3:26
- 1. slip away אִמָּֽלְטָה נָּא וְאֶרְאֶה אֶת־אֶחָ֑י 1 S 20:29 let me slip away to see my brethren; slip through, or past (into the house) 2 S 4:6 (cf. Dr HPS and Pi. 1, Hiph. 2; > Klo נִלְאָ֑טוּ, √ לאט, after 𝔊 ἔλαθον). e.g. 1 Samuel 20:29
- 2. escape, Ju 3:29 1 S 19:10 (‖ נוּס), v 12, 18 (both ‖ בָּרַה), v 17; 22:20 (‖ בָּרַה), 30:17 1 K 18:40; 20:20 (‖ נוּס), 2 K 10:24 Is 20:6 (‖ נִצַּל, נוּס), 49:24, 25 Je 46:6; 48:8, 19 (‖ נוּס), Ez 17:15(×2), 18 Am 9:1 Jo 3:5 Zc 2:11 Mal 3:15 ψ 124:7 Pr 19:5 Jb 1:15, 16, 17, 19; c. מִן of place whence 1 S 23:13 2 S 1:3 ψ 124:7; c. אֶל־ = whither 1 S 22:1; 27:1(×2); c. עַד Ju 3:26; c. ָה loc., Gn 19:17, 19, 20, 22 (J), Ju 3:26; c. acc. 2 K 19:37 = Is 37:38, Est 4:13; c. מִן of person from whom Ec 7:26; c. מִיַּד 1 S 27:1 2 Ch 16:7 Je 32:4; 34:3; 38:18, 23 Dn 11:41; מִפְּנֵי Je 41:15; מֵחֶרֶב 1 K 19, 17(×2); c. עַל־נֶפֶשׁ for one’s life Gn 19:17. e.g. Judges 3:29
- 3. pass. be delivered ψ 22:6 Pr 11:21; 28:26 Jb 22:30 Dn 12:1 (later usage). e.g. Psalms 22:6
Piel
- Pf. 3 ms. מִלֵּט Ez 33:5; וּמִלַּט־ Ec 9:15; sf. מִלְּטֵ֫נוּ 2 S 19:10; Impf. יְמַלֵּט Am 2:14 + 8 times, sf. יְמַלְּטֵ֫הוּ ψ 41:2; + 5 times Impf.; Imv. מַלְּטָה ψ 116:4; f. מַלְּטִי 1 K 1:12; + 4 times Imv.; Inf. abs. מַלֵּט Is 46:2 Je 39:18; Pt. מְמַלֵּט 1 S 19:11; pl. מְמַלְּטִים 2 S 19:6;— e.g. Ezekiel 33:5
- 1. lay (eggs; i.e. let them slip out; of arrow-snake) Is 34:15 e.g. Isaiah 34:15
- 2. let escape: וימלטו עצמתיו 2 K 23:18 and so they let his bones (the prophet’s) escape (from the burning). e.g. 2 Kings 23:18
- 3. deliver, abs. Is 46:4; c. acc. Is 46:2 Je 39:18(×2) ψ 41:2 Jb 22:30; 29:12 Ec 8:8; 9:15; c. מִיַּד Jb 6:23; מִכַּף 2 S 19:10; מִשְּׁחִיתוֹתָם ψ 107:20; elsewhere מִלֵּט נֶפֶשׁ deliver, save, life 1 S 19:11; 2 S 19:6; 1 K 1:12 Je 48:6; 51:6, 45 Ez 33:5 Am 2:14, 15 ψ 89:49; 116:4; נפשׁ om. Am 2:15 ψ 33:17 Jb 20:20.—(This form not in Hex, Ju., Ch., Is. 1) e.g. Isaiah 46:4
Hiphil
- Pf. 3 ms. הִמְלִיט Is 31:5; 3 fs. הִמְ֫לִיטָה Is 66:7. e.g. Isaiah 31:5
- 1. give birth to a male child Is 66:7 (‖ יָֽלְדָה, cf. Pi. 1). e.g. Isaiah 66:7
- 2. deliver: abs. Is 31:5 (‖ הִצִּיל גָּנַן, פָּסַח). e.g. Isaiah 31:5
Hithpael
- Impf. 1 s. וָאֶתְמַלְּטָה Jb 19:20; 3 mpl. יִתְמַלְּטוּ Jb 41:11. e.g. Job 19:20
- 1. slip forth, escape (sparks of fire from jaws of crocodile; RV leap forth) Jb 41:11. e.g. Job 41:11
- 2. escape (with the skin of the teeth, the gums; only these left unattacked by leprosy) Jb 19:20. e.g. Job 19:20
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
vb. slip away (not in Qal) (NH מִילּוּט rescue; 𝔗 מְלַט (rare) = BH; Arabic مَلِطَ is have scanty hair; iv. cast the foetus without hair; [slip away, escape from hand is مَلِصَ]);—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
מָלַט
- (b. h.) [to stand forth, project (cmp. בָּלַט),] to escape.
- to rescue. Midr. Till. to Ps. XLI ביום רעה אֲמַלֶּטְךָ on the day of evil I shall save thee. Taan. 23ᵃ מִילַּטְתּוֹ בתפלתךָ thou hast saved it (the generation) through thy prayer. Yalk. Ps. 777 מיכל מְמַלֶּטֶת וכ׳ Michael helped David to escape from within and Jonathan from without; a. e.
- to be saved, to escape. Esth. R. introd. נח ראש לנִמְלָטִים Noah is the first of those saved (mentioned in the Bible). Koh. R. to IX, 15 כל השומע ליצר טוב נ׳ whosoever listens to the suggestions of his good inclination will be saved; a. e.
- same. Yalk. Deut. 854 ואתם מִתְמַלְּטִים וכ׳ and you will be saved from the judgment of &c.
מְלַט
- Ithpe. אִתְמְלִיט to be saved. Targ. Prov. XIX, 5 נִתְמְלִיט (ed. Wil. נִתְמַלֵט; Ms. נתפליט).
מֶלֶט
- m. (b. h.), pl. מִלְטִין, v. מַלְטֵט
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 77 distinct written forms H4422 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 17 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H4422, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 78 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 85 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 19:17
- Judges 3:26
- 1 Samuel 19:10
- 2 Samuel 1:3
- 1 Kings 1:12
- 2 Kings 10:24
- 2 Chronicles 16:7
- Esther 4:13
- Job 1:15
- Psalms 22:5
- Proverbs 11:21
- Ecclesiastes 7:26
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
