1 Kings 19:17:21 Kgs.19.17.W2TAB

הַנִּמְלָ֛ט

hannimlat

the one escaping

Transliteration
han-nim-LAT
Extended
hahn-nihm-LAAT
IPA
/han.nimˈlɑːt/

Meaning by language

English
the one escaping

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַנ + נִּמְ + לָ֛ט
han + nim + lat
hannimlat

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Memm as in mother
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Tett — emphatic

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Word in context

  1. word

    han-nim-LAT

  2. clause

    ve-ha-YA han-nim-LAT me-KHE-rev kha-za-EL ya-MIT ye-HU

  3. sentence

    ve-ha-YA han-nim-LAT me-KHE-rev kha-za-EL ya-MIT ye-HU ve-han-nim-LAT me-KHE-rev ye-HU ya-MIT e-li-SHA

Exegesis

The definite Nifal participle hannimlat {הַנִּמְלָ֛ט | ha-nim-lāṭ} ‘the one who escapes’ functions as the protasis, and the prepositional phrase meḥerev {מֵחֶ֥רֶב | mē-ḥe-rev} ‘from the sword’ couples with the proper noun khazael {חֲזָאֵ֖ל | ḥă-zā-ʾēl} to specify the threat.

Root and etymology

m-l-tm–l–t

escape

In context1 Kings 19:17

And it will be that whoever escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will put to death; and whoever escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will put to death.

About this coordinate

1 Kings 19:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 19:17, so the Hebrew word הַנִּמְלָ֛ט (hannimlat) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.19.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.17.W2.S1) and character.