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title: פָּלֵיט — refugee · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּלֵיט (lemma:פָּלֵיט), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: refugee. BDB 1906: n.m. id. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּלֵיט

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«פָּלֵיט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **refugee** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** lemma:פָּלֵיט · **BDB:** פָּלֵיט

### Glosses

fugitives (2); O.escapees (1); escapees (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

refugee [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5dc_5b5_5d9_5d8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5dc_5b5_5d9_5d8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. id.;—pl. פְּלֵיטִם Nu 21:29 (as appos., or adj.), ים—ִ Is 66:19; פְּלֵטִים Je 44:14, + מִן from 50:28; 51:50.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּלֵיט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b8_5bc_5dc_5b5_5d9_5d8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 51:50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.51.50/)

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פְּלֵטִ֣ים מֵחֶ֔רֶב הִלְכ֖וּ אַֽל־תַּעֲמֹ֑דוּ זִכְר֤וּ מֵֽרָחוֹק֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה וִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֖ם תַּעֲלֶ֥ה עַל־לְבַבְכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* O.escapees from.\[the\] sword go do.not stand.still remember from a.distance (et) Yahweh and Jerusalem let.it.come.up on heart your

*JPS 1917:* Ye that have escaped the sword, go ye, stand not still; remember the LORD from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

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[Jeremiah 50:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.50.28/)

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ק֥וֹל נָסִ֛ים וּפְלֵטִ֖ים מֵאֶ֣רֶץ בָּבֶ֑ל לְהַגִּ֣יד בְּצִיּ֗וֹן אֶת־נִקְמַת֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ נִקְמַ֖ת הֵיכָלֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].sound of.\[those.who\].flee and escapees from the.land of.Babylon to declare in Zion (et) the.vengeance of.Yahweh God our the.vengeance his.temple his

*JPS 1917:* Hark! they flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of His temple.

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