valley of the shadow of death



valley of the shadow of death

A grim place where death is or seems imminent. This Biblical phrase comes from Psalm 23. Walking through that old, bombed-out neigborhood, Sam felt like he was in the valley of the shadow of death. I would never be able to march into the valley of the shadow of death like soldiers do.
See also: death, of, shadow, valley

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hr&Oelig;Rekr-Ancient Scandinavian
PaulaPOW-lah (German, Finnish, Spanish, Polish, Croatian), PAWL-ə (English), POW-lə (Portuguese), PAW-oo-law (Hungarian)German, English, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish,
Lambertolahm-BER-toItalian
Fatin (1)-Arabic
CliffordKLIF-ərdEnglish
CathÁN-Irish