מָלַט

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

deliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] surely.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to slip away, escape, deliver, save, be delivered
• 2.(niphal)
• 3.(piel)
• 4.(hiphil)
• 5.(hithpael)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: mâlaṭ; Pronunciation: maw-lat'