to escape
ma.lat describes getting away from danger or capture, and in active forms bringing a life, person, or city to safety.
The prevailing use describes a person or group getting away from a pursuer, killing, capture, or destruction. Active forms also describe securing another’s life or bringing someone or something to safety, including a city delivered by wisdom.
Senses in use
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Getting away from threat or capture · dominant
Niphal forms portray persons escaping pursuit, violence, or an enemy’s control: in Genesis 19:17 the imperatives direct the hearer to leave the plain for the mountain, while in 1 Samuel 19:12 David goes, flees, and gets away after Michal lowers him through a window. The same pattern includes survivors after attack in 1 Samuel 30:17 and those who will or will not get away from an invading ruler’s hand in Daniel 11:41 and Jeremiah 34:3.
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Bringing someone or something to safety · common
Piel and Hiphil forms describe an agent preserving or delivering another: in 1 Kings 1:12 the advice concerns saving Bathsheba’s life and Solomon’s life, and in Ecclesiastes 9:15 a poor wise man delivers a city by wisdom. In Isaiah 31:5 the APB renders the clause with defending, rescuing, and bringing Jerusalem to safety; Jeremiah 39:18 similarly promises that the addressed person will not fall by the sword.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses the APB commonly uses “escape” for getting away, while active contexts are presented with wording such as “save,” “deliver,” “rescuing,” and “bringing to safety.” Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these English choices show the clauses’ presentation rather than fixed equivalents for each form.