ed denotes an impending or arrived disaster, often framed as the day or time when trouble overtakes someone.

The attested use consistently denotes an adverse disaster or time of trouble that arrives, threatens, or overtakes its object. It is frequently framed as a coming “day” or “time,” whether directed against the wicked, nations, or individuals, while 2 Samuel 22:19 places the speaker under attack in such a time and contrasts it with the LORD’s support.

1. Disaster or an adverse time that overtakes · dominant

   The noun marks a threatening or arrived misfortune in settings of judgment, attack, or distress. In Deuteronomy 32:35 the APB renders a near “day of their disaster”; in Jeremiah 48:16 it describes Moab’s approaching plight; and in Job 18:12 it renders trouble standing ready at a man’s side. Obadiah 1:13 repeats the construct form three times in prohibitions against entering, gazing on distress, or taking wealth on the day of the people’s trouble.

   Deuteronomy 32:35Jeremiah 48:16Job 18:12Obadiah 1:13Proverbs 6:152 Samuel 22:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the occurrences, the APB commonly uses “calamity,” while also using “disaster,” “distress,” and an adverse “day” or “time.” These variations describe the clauses rather than establishing separate meanings; Psalm 18:19 does not visibly represent the construct-form term in its English rendering.