2 Samuel 22:6:42 Sam.22.6.W4TAB
קִדְּמֻ֖נִי
kiddemuni
“they confronted me”
- Transliteration
- kid-de-MU-NI
- Extended
- kihd-deh-MUH-NEE
- IPA
- /qid.dəmuˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they confronted me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kid-de-MU-NI
- clause
kid-de-MU-NI mo-ke-SHEI MA-vet
- sentence
khev-LEI she-OL sa-BU-NI kid-de-MU-NI mo-ke-SHEI MA-vet
Exegesis
The second hemistich mirrors this pattern with the construct mokshei {מֹקְשֵׁי | mokshei} ‘snares of’ attached to mavet {מָֽוֶת | mavet} ‘death’, then the Piel perfect kiddemuni {קִדְּמֻ֖נִי | kiddemuni} ‘they confronted me’. This parallel structure heightens the sense of inescapable peril and the enveloping threats.
Root and etymology
ק־ד־ם
“to go before, confront”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:6
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 22:6, so the Hebrew word קִדְּמֻ֖נִי (kiddemuni) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.22.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.6.W4.S1) and character.