deliverance; flight
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
PALTI.1. The Benjamite spy (Num_13:9). 2. The man to whom Michal, Davids wife, was given by Saul (1Sa_25:44). In 2Sa_3:15 he is called Paltiel. See following article under No. 2.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Pal'ti. (whom Jehovah delivers). The Benjamite spy, son of Raphu. Num_13:9. (B.C.1490).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
pal?tı̄ (פּלטי, palṭı̄, ?Yah delivers?):
(1) One of the ?searchers? of Canaan sent by Moses (Num_13:9), representing Benjamin in the expedition (Eze_13:9).
(2) The man to whom Saul gave Michal, David's wife, after the estrangement (1Sa_25:44). He is ?the captain of the people? of 2 Esdras 5:16 (?Phaltiel,? margin ?Psaltiel?). In 2Sa_3:15, he is named ?Phaltiel? (the King James Version), ?Paltiel? (the Revised Version), and is there mentioned in connection with David's recovery of Michal.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Palti
(Heb. Palti', פִּלְטַי, my deliverance; Sept. Φαλτί), son of Raphu of the tribe of Benjamin, and one of the twelve spies sent out by Moses (Num_13:9) B.C. 1657.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.