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# escape

«escape» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to get away from a place where you are kept, or from danger** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (escape, escapes, escaped, escaping); noun (an escape, escapes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To escape means to get away from a place where you are kept, or from danger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#m1)

2) To escape something means to avoid it: escape the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#m2)

3) Gas, water or air escapes when it leaks out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#m3)

4) An escape is the act of getting away, or a way out: a fire escape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#m4)

5) On a computer keyboard, Escape (Esc) is a key that cancels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah escape often means fleeing danger, and a slave who escapes to Israel must not be handed back. In the Prophets and Psalms it means getting away from enemies, from a trap or from Babylon. Interpretation: Tradition reads the law of the escaped slave as protecting a refugee, and Lot's escape to Zoar is taken as a sign of God's mercy. The prophets call the exiles to escape from Babylon, and the psalmist asks that the wicked fall into their own nets, a picture of enemies caught by their own traps. In the primary lessons: In fire safety lessons families plan an escape route: know two ways out, crawl low under smoke, get out, stay out and call for help; a fire escape is a special staircase or exit. In stories an escape is an exciting moment (escape from the castle). In science gases escape from containers if they are not sealed. Phrases: escape route, fire escape, a narrow escape, escape from, escape the heat, no escape.

### examples

- Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a bondman that is escaped from his master unto thee; (Torah DEU.23.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#x1)
- And he said: 'If Esau come to the one camp, and smite it, then the camp which is left shall escape.' (Torah GEN.32.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#x2)
- Hasten thou, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither.' — Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. — (Torah GEN.19.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#x3)
- Ho, Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.' (Prophets ZEC.2.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#x4)
- Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst I withal escape. (Writings PSA.141.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#x5)
- And Ehud escaped while they lingered, having passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah. (Prophets JDG.3.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#x6)
- We practised our fire escape plan at home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#x7)
- The hamster escaped from its cage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#x8)
- The prisoners tried to escape over the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#x9)
- We had a narrow escape when the branch fell just behind us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#x10)
- Gas can escape from a leaking pipe; if you smell it, tell an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#x11)
- We went to the beach to escape the heat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#x12)
- Use the fire escape if the stairs are full of smoke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#x13)
- Press Escape to close the window on the screen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#x14)
- This time there was no escape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/#x15)

### note

Regular verb: escaped (drop the «e» for escaping). «Escape from a place», «escape (from) danger». Not «excape». In a fire, escaping comes first: never go back inside for toys or pets.

### In the corpora

- [Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a bondman that is escaped from his master unto thee;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.629/)
- [And Ehud escaped while they lingered, having passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.88/)
- [So Michal let David down through the window; and he went, and fled, and escaped.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.560/)
- [Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.566/)
- [And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.656/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «escape» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/escape/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.