The meaning of “פַּלֵּט”
Understanding pallêṭ reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
deliverance, escape. - escape 1) deliverance, escape
פַּלֵּט
deliverance, escape. - escape 1) deliverance, escape
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Psalms 32:7 | “Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.” Word: פַּלֵּט (pallêṭ) | |
| Psalms 56:7 | “Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.” Word: פַּלֵּט (pallêṭ) | |
| Jeremiah 44:14 | “So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.” Word: פַּלֵּט (pallêṭ) | |
| Jeremiah 50:28 | “The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance of his temple.” Word: פַּלֵּט (pallêṭ) | |
| Jeremiah 51:50 | “Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the Lord afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.” Word: פַּלֵּט (pallêṭ) |