cha.lats denotes bringing someone out of distress or danger, and in other settings taking something off, out, or away.

The predominant usage concerns deliverance from affliction, danger, death, or distress, whether stated as an appeal, promise, or outcome. Other occurrences describe physically taking off or removing an item, while one verse presents withdrawal from those seeking the LORD.

1. Delivering from distress or danger · dominant

   Piel and Niphal forms occur where a person is brought out of trouble or receives help in affliction. In 2 Samuel 22:20 the APB renders the surrounding clause, "He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me"; in Job 36:15 it says, "He rescues the afflicted in his affliction." Psalm 50:15 places the first-person imperfect in a promise following a call in "the day of distress," and Psalm 116:8 credits deliverance from death, tears, and stumbling.

   2 Samuel 22:20Job 36:15Proverbs 11:8Proverbs 11:9Psalm 50:15Psalm 116:8
2. Taking off or removing an object · common

   Qal forms describe taking a sandal off a foot in Deuteronomy 25:9 and Isaiah 20:2; Deuteronomy 25:10 names the man whose sandal "was pulled off." Piel forms in Leviticus 14:40 and Leviticus 14:43 concern removing stones from a house, while Lamentations 4:3 describes creatures that "draw out the breast."

   Deuteronomy 25:9Deuteronomy 25:10Isaiah 20:2Leviticus 14:40Leviticus 14:43Lamentations 4:3
3. Withdrawing from those who seek · rare

   In Hosea 5:6, the Qal perfect appears in the report that people seek the LORD but do not find him; the APB renders the clause, "he has withdrawn from them."

   Hosea 5:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the deliverance contexts, the APB uses "rescued," "rescues," and "delivered"; in the object contexts it uses "pulled off," "remove," and "draw out." These renderings indicate the sense of the surrounding clauses rather than a fixed English equivalent for each form.