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# confront

«confront» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to face them, often to argue or talk about a problem** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (confront, confronts, confronted, confronting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To confront someone is to face them, often to argue or talk about a problem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confront/#m1)

2) To confront a problem or danger is to deal with it instead of avoiding it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confront/#m2)

3) If a problem confronts you, you have to face it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confront/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In these texts it means to meet in a hostile way, to come against someone, often in battle or trouble. Interpretation: Tradition reads these psalms as David's cry for God to meet his enemies and save him. In the primary lessons: In everyday life you might confront a friend who took your things, or confront your fear of the dark. In stories, the hero finally confronts the villain. In safety, never confront a dangerous person or animal — get away and tell an adult. Phrases: confront someone about, confront a fear, be confronted with.

### examples

- The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me. (Prophets 2SA.22.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confront/#x1)
- They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was a stay unto me. (Prophets 2SA.22.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confront/#x2)
- Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down; deliver my soul from the wicked, by Thy sword; (Writings PSA.17.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confront/#x3)
- She confronted her brother about the missing chocolate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confront/#x4)
- The knight confronted the dragon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confront/#x5)
- You have to confront your fears to beat them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confront/#x6)
- We were confronted with a huge pile of homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confront/#x7)
- The teacher confronted the problem of bullying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confront/#x8)
- Don't confront a burglar — call the police. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confront/#x9)

### note

Regular verb. The noun is «confrontation» (an angry face-to-face argument). «Confront» is stronger than «talk to» and often suggests anger or courage.

### In the corpora

- [The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.665/)
- [They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was a stay unto me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.678/)
- [Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down; deliver my soul from the wicked, by Thy sword;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.208/)
- [The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.216/)
- [They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was a stay unto me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.229/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «confront» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confront/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.