פָּלַט

2 Samuel 22:2 וּמְפַלְטִי־ and deliverer my

He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.

Here: 'And my one-who-gets-me-out.' It is a participle of the verb 'escape' in its causative-intensive form: the one who makes a fugitive slip away alive. The participle describes something he characteristically does, not a single act.

2 Samuel 22:44 וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵ֔נִי and you rescued me

You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

Here: The root is about getting out alive, and this form means causing someone to escape: God got David out of danger. It picks up the song's opening title for God in verse 2, "my deliverer" (the same root), and it narrates something already done.

Job 21:10 תְּפַלֵּ֥ט it calves

Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.

Job 23:7 וַאֲפַלְּטָ֥ה and I will deliver

Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

Psalm 17:13 פַּלְּטָ֥ה deliver !

Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,

Here: The third urgent long-form command: 'Get me out!' The verb pictures a narrow escape, slipping out of a trap or out of the jaws of a predator.

Psalm 18:2 וּמְפַ֫לְטִ֥י and deliverer my

The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Here: 'And the one who gets me out safe.' This form of the verb describes someone who makes another person escape: God is the one who brings David out of the trap alive.

Psalm 18:43 תְּפַלְּטֵנִי֮ you delivered me

You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

Here: 'You brought me out safe.' The root means getting away from danger. It picks up 'my deliverer' (mᵉp̄alṭî) from verse 2 and comes back in verse 48, so the whole song is framed as God getting the king out alive.

Psalm 18:48 מְפַלְּטִ֗י [he has] delivered me

who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.

Here: An intensive-stem participle with "my" attached, so literally "my deliverer" or "the one who gets me out." It continues the run of descriptions of God that begins in v. 47 ("the God who avenges me … who subdues …"). It repeats the same title as in v. 2 ("my deliverer"), so the psalm's praise begins and ends on this word.

Psalm 22:4 וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵֽמוֹ׃ and you delivered them

In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.

Here: 'And you got them out': the verb pictures bringing someone out of danger to safety, as a fugitive escapes. The verb form tells a story, so the rescue followed on from the trust. The ending '-mō' ('them') is an old poetic form that gives the line a solemn feel.

Psalm 22:8 יְפַלְּטֵ֑הוּ let him rescue him

“He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”

Here: "Let him get him out safely!" This is a wish-form of the verb ("let him…"), said with sarcasm. The word pictures bringing someone out of a tight spot into safety. The mockers now speak about the sufferer, not to him.

Psalm 31:1 פַלְּטֵֽנִי׃ deliver me

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.

Here: A command form, 'make me escape' or 'get me out safely.' The root belongs to the word for a fugitive or survivor who gets away from a battle or a trap. The plea is to be brought out of danger alive.

Psalm 37:40 וַֽיְפַ֫לְּטֵ֥ם יְפַלְּטֵ֣ם and he delivered them, he delivers them

The LORD helps and delivers them; He rescues and saves them from the wicked, because they take refuge in Him.

Here: 'And he got them out safe.' The root means escaping. In this form it means God makes them escapees: he gets them clear of danger alive.

Psalm 40:17 וּמְפַלְטִ֣י and deliverer my

But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

Here: A participle meaning "the one who brings me out to safety." The root has to do with escaping and surviving. The picture is someone pulled out of a trap or away from pursuers, the same title as in Ps 18:2.

Psalm 43:1 תְפַלְּטֵֽנִי׃ you will deliver me

Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.

Here: "You will rescue me" or "may you rescue me". After the commands that open the verse, this verb is not a command. Its form can express a request or a confident expectation, so it falls between "rescue me!" and "you will get me out". The root suggests escaping to safety: a palit is a survivor or fugitive.

Psalm 56:7 פַּלֶּט־ deliver

In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.

Psalm 70:5 וּמְפַלְטִ֣י and deliverer my

But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.

Here: A participle meaning 'the one who gets me out to safety'. The root is about escaping, and is related to the word for a survivor or refugee. The picture is of someone being pulled out of a trap alive.

Psalm 71:2 וּֽתְפַלְּטֵ֑נִי and you will deliver me

In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.

Here: 'And bring me out safe', getting a person clear of danger so they get away alive (the related noun means 'survivor' or 'fugitive'). Paired with the verb before it: first pulled from the grip, then brought through to safety.

Psalm 71:4 פַּ֭לְּטֵנִי deliver me

Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.

Psalm 82:4 פַּלְּטוּ־ deliver

Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.

Psalm 91:14 וַאֲפַלְּטֵ֑הוּ and I will deliver him

“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.

Here: 'And so I will get him out to safety.' The root pictures slipping out of danger; in this intensive form God is the one who carries the person out. The 'and' introduces the consequence: because he clings, I rescue.

Psalm 144:2 וּֽמְפַלְטִ֫י and deliverer my

He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.

Here: 'And my deliverer': a participle (a verb used as a noun) meaning 'the one who gets me out'. It pictures escape from a trap or a surrounding force, not just a general 'saving'.

Isaiah 5:29 וְיַפְלִ֖יט so it may carry [it] off

Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away, and no one can rescue it.

Here: Literally 'it brings [the prey] away to safety': the lion gets its catch back to the den where nobody can reach it. The verb usually describes people escaping or being rescued, so its use here is bitterly ironic: the only one 'getting away safely' is the predator.

Ezekiel 7:16 וּפָֽלְטוּ֙ and they will escape

The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.

Here: To slip away or get out alive from danger. The verb form points to the future: some will in fact get out of the doomed city and countryside, but the verse goes on to show what kind of 'escape' it is.

Micah 6:14 תַפְלִ֔יט תְּפַלֵּ֖ט you will bring to safety

You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword.