לִפְלֵיטָ֔ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לִפְלֵיטָ֔ה

   lif-le-TA

   for deliverance or for escape
2. clause🔊 וְנָתַתִּ֨י לָהֶ֤ם כִּמְעַט֙ לִפְלֵיטָ֔ה וְלֹא־תִתַּ֧ךְ חֲמָתִ֛י בִּירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם בְּיַד־שִׁישָֽׁק׃

   ve-na-TI la-HEM kim-AT lif-le-TA ve-LO-tit-TAKH kha-ma-TI bi-ru-sha-LIM be-YAD-shi-SHAK

   and I will give to them a little for deliverance or for escape and not will be poured out my wrath in Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak
3. sentence🔊 וּבִרְא֤וֹת יְהוָה֙ כִּ֣י נִכְנָ֔עוּ הָיָה֩ דְבַר־יְהוָ֨ה אֶל־שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה לֵאמֹ֛ר נִכְנְע֖וּ לֹ֣א אַשְׁחִיתֵ֑ם וְנָתַתִּ֨י לָהֶ֤ם כִּמְעַט֙ לִפְלֵיטָ֔ה וְלֹא־תִתַּ֧ךְ חֲמָתִ֛י בִּירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם בְּיַד־שִׁישָֽׁק׃

   u-vir-OT ye-ho-VAH KI nikh-na-U ha-YA de-var-ye-ho-VAH el-she-ma-YA le-MOR nikh-ne-U LO ash-khi-TEM ve-na-TI la-HEM kim-AT lif-le-TA ve-LO-tit-TAKH kha-ma-TI bi-ru-sha-LIM be-YAD-shi-SHAK

   and when seeing the LORD that they humbled themselves it was or it happened the word of the LORD to Shemaiah saying they have humbled themselves not I will destroy them and I will give to them a little for deliverance or for escape and not will be poured out my wrath in Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak

Exegesis

The idiom kimat lifleitah {כִּמְעַט לִפְלֵיטָה | kim-‘aṭ liph-lê-î-ṯâ} conveys a limited deliverance, preserved in translation by “small measure of deliverance” (formal) and “some escape” (dynamic).

Root and etymology

p-l-ṭ🔊 פ־ל־טpe–lamed–tsade

“to escape, deliver”

• 🔊 פֶּלֶטpeletdeliverancePsalm 32:7
• 🔊 פָּלִטpalitrefugeeGenesis 14:13