What does פָּלַט mean in the Bible?
e. escape ; causatively, to deliver".
Hebrew · H6403
פָּלַט
To slip out, i.e. escape ; causatively, to deliver
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פָּלַט H6403
What does פָּלַט mean in the Bible?
פָּלַט is a Hebrew word meaning "to slip out, i.e. escape ; causatively, to deliver".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H6403?
The BSB source-word alignment has 26 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and my deliverer (4), deliver me (2), You have delivered me (2), {will} they escape (1), and deliver me (1).
Where does פָּלַט appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Samuel 22:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Psalms (18), 2 Samuel (2), Job (2), Micah (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and my deliverer 4× 2 Samuel 22:2, Psalms 18:2, Psalms 70:5, Psalms 144:2
deliver me 2× Psalms 43:1, Psalms 71:4
You have delivered me 2× 2 Samuel 22:44, Psalms 18:43
{will} they escape 1× Psalms 56:7
and deliver me 1× Psalms 71:2
and deliverer 1× Psalms 40:17
and delivers them 1× Psalms 37:40
and I would be delivered 1× Job 23:7
and You delivered them 1× Psalms 22:4
bear calves 1× Job 21:10
deliver 1× Psalms 17:13
He rescues 1× Psalms 37:40
I will deliver him 1× Psalms 91:14
let the LORD deliver him 1× Psalms 22:8
preserve 1× Micah 6:14
Rescue 1× Psalms 82:4
save me 1× Psalms 31:1
they carry it away 1× Isaiah 5:29
who delivers me 1× Psalms 18:48
will escape 1× Ezekiel 7:16
you save 1× Micah 6:14
Show sample aligned rows
2 Samuel 22:2 וּמְפַלְטִי־ to and my deliverer Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common singular 2 Samuel 22:44 וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵ֔נִי to You have delivered me Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular Job 21:10 תְּפַלֵּ֥ט to bear calves Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Job 23:7 וַאֲפַלְּטָ֥ה to and I would be delivered Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Psalms 17:13 פַּלְּטָ֥ה to deliver Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Psalms 18:2 וּמְפַ֫לְטִ֥י to and my deliverer Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Psalms 18:43 תְּפַלְּטֵנִי֮ to You have delivered me Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular Psalms 18:48 מְפַלְּטִ֗י to who delivers me Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Psalms 22:4 וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵֽמוֹ׃ to and You delivered them Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Psalms 22:8 יְפַלְּטֵ֑הוּ to let the LORD deliver him Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 2 Samuel 22:2
Aligned rows 26
Books represented 6
2 Samuel 2 Job 2 Psalms 18 Isaiah 1 Ezekiel 1 Micah 2
Source forms
וּמְפַלְטִ֣י 2x ū·mə·p̄al·ṭî Psalms 40:17, Psalms 70:5
וַאֲפַלְּטָ֥ה 1x wa·’ă·p̄al·lə·ṭāh Job 23:7
וַאֲפַלְּטֵ֑הוּ 1x wa·’ă·p̄al·lə·ṭê·hū Psalms 91:14
וַֽיְפַ֫לְּטֵ֥ם 1x way·p̄al·lə·ṭêm Psalms 37:40
וְיַפְלִ֖יט 1x wə·yap̄·lîṭ Isaiah 5:29
וּמְפַ֫לְטִ֥י 1x ū·mə·p̄al·ṭî Psalms 18:2
וּֽמְפַלְטִ֫י 1x ū·mə·p̄al·ṭî Psalms 144:2
וּמְפַלְטִי־ 1x ū·mə·p̄al·ṭî- 2 Samuel 22:2
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common singular 5x 2 Samuel 22:2, Psalms 18:2, Psalms 40:17, Psalms 70:5
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular 2x Psalms 31:1, Psalms 71:4
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular 2x Psalms 18:43, Psalms 43:1
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular 1x Isaiah 5:29
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular 1x Psalms 91:14
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular 1x Psalms 71:2
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular 1x Job 23:7
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular 1x 2 Samuel 22:44
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. to slip out, i.e. escape ; causatively, to deliver
Source Gloss
to slip out, i.e. escape ; causatively, to deliver
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
to slip out, i.e. escape; causatively, to deliver BDB: escape Usage: calve, carry away safe, deliver, (cause to) escape.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 4
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 3×
Imperfect Job 21:10 · Mic 6:14 2×
Sequential imperfect Ps 82:4 1×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 1×
Imperfect Mic 6:14 1×
Word Origins
פָּלַט is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain