דָּבַק

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Genesis 2:24

• וְדָבַ֣קvedavakHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he cleaves

Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.

Genesis 19:19

• תִּדְבָּקַ֥נִיtidbakaniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: it should cling to me

So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

Genesis 31:23

• וַיַּדְבֵּ֥קvaiyadbekHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he overtook

And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.

Genesis 34:3

• וַתִּדְבַּ֣קvatidbakHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it cleaved

No inheritance in Israel may be transferred from tribe to tribe, because each of the Israelites is to retain the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

Numbers 36:7

• יִדְבְּק֖וּyidbekuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will hold

No inheritance may be transferred from one tribe to another, for each tribe of Israel must retain its inheritance.”

Numbers 36:9

• יִדְבְּק֕וּyidbekuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will hold

You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.

Deuteronomy 10:20

• תִדְבָּ֔קtidbakverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will cleave

For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—

Deuteronomy 11:22

• וּלְדָבְקָה־uledavekah-conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to cleave

You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.

Deuteronomy 13:4

• תִדְבָּקֽוּן׃tidbakunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: you will cleave

Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,

Deuteronomy 13:17

• יִדְבַּ֧קyidbakverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will cling

The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess.

Deuteronomy 28:21

• יַדְבֵּ֧קyadbekverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will make cling

He will afflict you again with all the diseases you dreaded in Egypt, and they will cling to you.

Deuteronomy 28:60

• וְדָבְק֖וּvedavekuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will cling

and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Deuteronomy 30:20

• וּלְדָבְקָה־uledavekah-conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and by cleaving

But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

Joshua 22:5

• וּלְדָבְקָה־uledavekah-conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to cleave

Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.

Joshua 23:8

• תִּדְבָּ֑קוּtidbakuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will cling

For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,

Joshua 23:12

• וּדְבַקְתֶּם֙udevaktemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will cling

After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites.

Judges 18:22

• וַיַּדְבִּ֖יקוּvaiyadbikuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they overtook

So they fled before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and the men coming out of the cities struck them down there.

Judges 20:42

• הִדְבִּיקָ֑תְהוּhidbikatehuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it overtook him

Then the Benjamites turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel cut down 5,000 men on the roads. And they overtook them at Gidom and struck down 2,000 more.

Judges 20:45

• וַיַּדְבִּ֤יקוּvaiyadbikuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they pursued closely

Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.

Ruth 1:14

• דָּ֥בְקָהdavekahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she clung

Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls.

Ruth 2:8

• תִדְבָּקִ֖יןtidbakinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singular + paragogic nuntagged: you will stay

Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished gathering all my harvest.’”

Ruth 2:21

• תִּדְבָּקִ֔יןtidbakinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singular + paragogic nuntagged: you will stay

So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

Ruth 2:23

• וַתִּדְבַּ֞קvatidbakHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she stayed

When all the Israelites who had been hiding in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they also joined Saul and Jonathan in the battle.

1 Samuel 14:22

• וַֽיַּדְבְּק֥וּvaiyadbekuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they pursued closely

The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.

1 Samuel 31:2

• וַיַּדְבְּק֣וּvaiyadbekuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they pursued closely

“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.

2 Samuel 1:6

• הִדְבִּקֻֽהוּ׃hidbikuhuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they overtook him

So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 20:2

• דָּבְק֣וּdavekuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they clung

but Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead.

2 Samuel 23:10

• וַתִּדְבַּ֤קvatidbakHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it cleaved

These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.

1 Kings 11:2

• דָּבַ֥קdavakverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he cleaved

Nevertheless, he clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.

2 Kings 3:3

• דָּבֵ֑קdavekverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he clung

Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!” And as Gehazi left his presence, he was leprous—as white as snow.

2 Kings 5:27

• תִּֽדְבַּק־tidbak-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will cling

He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.

2 Kings 18:6

• וַיִּדְבַּק֙vaiyidbakHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he clung

The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.

1 Chronicles 10:2

• וַיַּדְבְּק֣וּvaiyadbekuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they pursued closely

My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

Job 19:20

• דָּבְקָ֣הdavekahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it clings

The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

Job 29:10

• דָּבֵֽקָה׃davekahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it stuck

If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,

Job 31:7

• דָּ֣בַקdavakverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has stuck

when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?

Job 38:38

• יְדֻבָּֽקוּ׃yedubakuverb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are joined together

They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.

Job 41:17

• יְדֻבָּ֑קוּyedubakuverb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are joined together

The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.

Job 41:23

• דָבֵ֑קוּdavekuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they cling

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.

Psalms 22:15

• מֻדְבָּ֣קmudbakverb · causative passive (hophal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: made to cling to

For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.

Psalms 44:25

• דָּבְקָ֖הdavekahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has clung

My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.

Psalms 63:8

• דָּבְקָ֣הdavekahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it clings

I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

Psalms 101:3

• יִדְבַּ֣קyidbakverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will cling

Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.

Psalms 102:5

• דָּבְקָ֥הdavekahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it clings

My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.

Psalms 119:25

• דָּֽבְקָ֣הdavekahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it clings

I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.

Psalms 119:31

• דָּבַ֥קְתִּיdavaktiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have clung

May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

Psalms 137:6

• תִּדְבַּ֥ק־tidbak-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: may it cleave

For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.

Jeremiah 13:11

• יִדְבַּ֨קyidbakverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it clings
• הִדְבַּ֣קְתִּיhidbaktiverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have made cling

then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.

Jeremiah 42:16

• יִדְבַּ֧קyidbakverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will pursue closely

The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.

Lamentations 4:4

• דָּבַ֨קdavakverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has cleaved

I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 3:26

• אַדְבִּ֣יקʾadbikverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will make stick

But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.

Ezekiel 29:4

• וְהִדְבַּקְתִּ֥יvehidbaktiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will make cling
• תִּדְבָּֽק׃tidbakverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will cling