Or paleyt {paw-late'}; or palet {paw-late'}; from palat; a refugee -- (that have) escape(-d, -th), fugitive.
see HEBREW palat
H6412. paliyt
מָּלִיט noun masculineAmos 9:1 escaped one, fugitive; — ׳פ absolute 2 Kings 9:15 +; plural construct מְּלִיטֵי Judges 12:4 +; suffix מְּלִיטָיו Obadiah 14, etc.; — Amos 9:1; 2 Kings 9:15; Genesis 14:13; Ezekiel 24:26-27, 33:21 ( + מִן local), 33:22; וּפ ׳שָׂרִיד Joshua 8:22; Jeremiah 42:17; ׳פ וְשָׂרִיד 44:14; Lamentations 2:22; with Genitive subject Judges 12:5 fugitives of Ephraim (strike out in 12:4, see GFM), so with suffix Ezekiel 6:9; 7:16; Obadiah 14; with Genitive object, escaped of, i.e. from Isaiah 45:20, so חֶרֶב מְּלִיטֵי Jeremiah 44:28; Ezekiel 6:8.
[מָּלֵיט] noun masculine id.; — plural מְּלֵיטִם Numbers 21:29 (as appositive, or adjective), יִ֯ם Isaiah 66:19; מְּלֵטִים Jeremiah 44:14, + מִן from 50:28; 51:50.