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Hebrew wordlink #168694

OSHB 1 Ki 18:40 יִמָּלֵט (yimmālēţ) Strongs=4422 Lemma=‘מָלַט’
contextual word gloss=‘let_him_escape’ word gloss=‘escape’
Morphology=VNj3ms PoS=niphal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular
Year=-906 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Elijah

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Other uses (1) of identical word form יִמָּלֵט (Morphology=VNj3ms PoS=niphal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘יִמָּלֵט’ (Morphology=VNj3ms PoS=niphal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) is always and only glossed as ‘let_him_escape’.

1 KI 18:40 contextual word gloss=‘let_him_escape’ word gloss=‘escape’ OSHB 1 KI 18:40 word 10

OET-LV: 40 And_ ʼĒliy^yāh _he/it _said to/for_them seize DOM the _prophets _of (the)_Baˊal anyone not let _him _escape from_them and_they_seized _them and_he_brought _them _down ʼĒliy^yāh to the _wadi _of Qīshōn and_he_slaughtered _them there. (KI1_18:40)

OET-RV: 40 Then Eliyah ordered them, “Grab hold of Baal’s prophets. Don’t let any of them sneak away.” So they seized them, and Eliyah brought them down to the Kishon valley and he slaughtered them there. (KI1 18:40)

JER 46:6 contextual word gloss=‘let_him_escape’ word gloss=‘escape’ OSHB JER 46:6 word 5

OET-LV: 6 Not let _him _flee the _swift_one and_not let _him _escape the_warrior northward on the _side _of the _river _of Pərāt they _will _stumble and_they _will _fall. (JER_46:6)

OET-RV: 6 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ … (JER 46:6)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘מָלַט’’ have 7 different glosses: ‘he_escapes’, ‘he_will_be_delivered’, ‘he_will_escape’, ‘it_will_be_delivered’, ‘it_will_escape’, ‘let_him_escape’, ‘will_it_escape’.