qa.dam describes coming to meet someone or something, whether in welcome, confrontation, worship, or anticipation.

The verb most often marks an encounter or approach: adversaries confront, people meet with provisions, and worshipers come before God. A further group of contexts presents coming beforehand or anticipating what is ahead, including flight beforehand, eyes anticipating the watches, and a plea for compassion to come quickly.

1. Meet, approach, or confront · dominant

   Piel forms describe direct encounter in several settings: hostile forces confront the speaker in 2 Samuel 22:19, the dwellers of Tema meet a wanderer with food in Isaiah 21:14, and the psalmist commands the LORD to confront an opponent in Psalm 17:13. In worship language, the cohortative form in Psalm 95:2 calls for coming before God's face with thanksgiving; Micah 6:6 likewise asks how the speaker shall come before the LORD.

   2 Samuel 22:19Isaiah 21:14Nehemiah 13:2Psalm 17:13Psalm 95:2Micah 6:6
2. Come beforehand or anticipate · common

   The first-person perfect in Jonah 4:2 occurs in Jonah's explanation that he fled beforehand to Tarshish. In Psalm 119:147 the same first-person perfect is presented as coming forward at twilight before crying out, while the plural perfect in Psalm 119:148 is reflected in the eyes anticipating the watches; Psalm 79:8 similarly asks for compassion to come quickly to meet the afflicted people.

   Jonah 4:2Psalm 119:147Psalm 119:148Psalm 79:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the verb with varied encounter language, including “confronted,” “met,” “come before,” “came forward,” and “anticipated.” These English expressions show the verse-level presentation rather than fixed renderings of the term.