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Palit (פליט) means refugee in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

פָּלִיט
palit
noun · masculine
In English

refugee

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with פ

The dictionary gives one meaning for Palit.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    אדם שנאלץ לעזוב את מולדתו מסיבות פוליטיות, דתיות, חברתיות או עקב מצב מלחמה.
    וַיָּבֹא הַפָּלִיט וַיַּגֵּד לְאַבְרָם הָעִבְרִי וְהוּא שֹׁכֵן בְּאֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא הָאֱמֹרִי אֲחִי אֶשְׁכֹּל וַאֲחִי עָנֵר וְהֵם בַּעֲלֵי בְרִית-אַבְרָם.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Palit is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
פָּלִיט
Written without vowel points
פליט
Said
palit
Root
פ־ל־ט
Pattern
קָטִיל
Plural
פְּלִיטִים
Feminine form
פְּלִיטָה
Inflections
נ' פְּלִיטָה, פְּלִיטַת־; ר' פְּלִיטִים, פְּלִיטֵי־; פְּלִיט־
Gematria
129

This is how Palit is said in other languages.

English
refugee
Arabic
لَاجِئ

These words mean nearly the same as Palit.

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

These words mean the opposite of Palit.

  • חלל

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

These words rhyme with Palit.

The word Palit is part of these phrases and sayings.

  • פליט חרב
  • פליט מלחמה
  • פליטי ריאליטי
  • מחנה פליטים

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

The word Palit comes from the root פ־ל־ט, like these words.

These words come before and after Palit in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Palit.

What does Palit (⁨פליט⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Palit (⁨פליט⁩) means refugee. It is said palit, with the stress on lit.

What is a synonym for Palit (⁨פליט⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Palit (⁨פליט⁩) are ⁨ניצול⁩, ⁨נמלט⁩, and ⁨שריד⁩.

What is the opposite of Palit (⁨פליט⁩)?

Words that mean the opposite of Palit (⁨פליט⁩) are ⁨חלל⁩.

What rhymes with Palit (⁨פליט⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Palit (⁨פליט⁩) include ⁨יוונית⁩, ⁨זווית⁩, ⁨לטינית⁩, ⁨שדרית⁩, ⁨עברית⁩, and ⁨תבנית⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry פליט of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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