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Japhlet meaning

Japhlet in Biblical Hebrew
יפלט
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🔼The name Japhlet: Summary

Meaning
He Will Deliver
Etymology
From the verb פלט (palat), to escape, save or deliver.
Related names
• Via פלט (palat): Beth-pelet, Eliphelet, Palti, Paltiel, Paltite, Pelatiah, Pelet, Piltai

🔼The name Japhlet in the Bible

Japhlet is a son of Heber, son of Beriah, son of Asher, the eighth son of Jacob and second son of Zilpah (1 Chronicles 7:32). Japhlet becomes the father of Pasach, Bimhal and Ashvath.

🔼Etymology of the name Japhlet

The name Japhlet comes from the verb פלט (palat), meaning to escape, save or deliver:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
פלט

The verb פלט (palat) means to bring into security, cause to escape, or to deliver. Noun פלט (pallet) means deliverance. Nouns פליט (palit) and פליט (palet) mean fugitive. Noun פליטה (peleta) means escape or deliverance. Noun מפלט (miplat) describes an agent or place of escape or deliverance.

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The name Japhlet is an active form of the verb פלט, and means he will palat.

🔼Japhlet meaning

For a meaning of the name Japhlet, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads He (God) Will Deliver. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names proposes Whom God Will Free.