קָדַם qâdam — to project (one self), i.e. precede
Translated in the KJV as come (go, ) before, disappoint, meet, prevent.
a primitive root; to project (one self), i.e. precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help).
qâdam in each stem
Pi'el
Perfect (qatal) 11Imperfect (yiqtol) 11Imperative 1Cohortative 1
Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee.
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
Hiph'il
Perfect (qatal) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›