Note 321 — CONCLUSION.
Reading edition
Hesych. s.v. ἐκ Μελίτης μαστιγίας, καλεῖται δὲ ὁ ἐν Μελίτῃ Ἡρακλῆς ἀλεξίκακος. The Greek was doubtless, as Lewy points out, simply the translation of some such Semitic divine title as מְמַלֵּט מֵרָעָה mᵉmallēṭ mērāʿā, Preserver-from-Evil.