מָלַט (mālaṭ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning slip away. It appears
95 times
in 20 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4422).
Also rendered
to escape
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1198)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1198)slip away; escape, be delivered; lay, let escape; give birth to; slip forth; be smooth, release, rescue, bring forth young, emit sparks; leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מָלַטverb: slip away
Niphal
1.slip away
2.escape
3.passive be delivered
Piel
1.lay (eggs)
2.let escape
3.deliver
Hiphil
1.give birth to a male child
2.deliver
Hithpael
1.slip forth, escape (sparks of fire from jaws of crocodile)
2.escape
Strong's H4422מָלַט: 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 KJV:deliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, × speedily, × surely.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.