pa.lit identifies a person or group left alive after conflict, destruction, or dispersal.

The term denotes someone left alive in the aftermath of violence, destruction, or scattering, whether a lone escapee who brings news or a group remaining after the sword and exile.

1. Those left alive after calamity or conflict · dominant

   The singular absolute form identifies an individual who has come through an event: in Genesis 14:13 the APB renders the clause "the survivor came and told Abram," and in Ezekiel 33:21 a survivor arrives from Jerusalem reporting that the city has been struck. Plural construct forms identify those remaining after violence or dispersal: Ezekiel 6:8 speaks of survivors of the sword remaining among the nations, Ezekiel 7:16 depicts them escaping to the mountains, and Jeremiah 44:28 describes survivors of the sword returning from Egypt to Judah.

   Genesis 14:13Ezekiel 33:21Ezekiel 6:8Ezekiel 7:16Jeremiah 44:28Joshua 8:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the occurrences, the APB usually presents the term as "survivor" or "survivors," including people who escape, remain among the nations, or return after the sword. In several verses it is placed beside "fugitive" in the translation; That pairing does not establish a separate rendering for the lemma.