דבק

Aramaic

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew דָּבַק (davák/dāḇaq) and Arabic دَبِقَ (dabiqa).

Verb

דבק • (transliteration needed)

1. to cleave, to adhere

Descendants

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܒܩ (dāḇēq)

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ד־ב־ק (d-b-q)
6 terms

Compare Arabic دِبْق (dibq, “birdlime”) and دَبِقَ (dabiqa, “to stick, adhere, cleave, cling”); also Classical Syriac ܕܘܒܩܐ (dubbāqā, “birdlime”) (from ܕܒܩ (dbaq, “to stick”)).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew):
  • (verb): IPA^(key): /daˈvak/
  • (noun): IPA^(key): /ˈde.vek/

• Audio:

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Noun

דֶּבֶק • (dévek) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. glue

Declension

Declension of דֶּבֶק

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	דֶּבֶק	first	דִּבְקִי		דִּבְקֵנוּ
	definite	הַדֶּבֶק	second	דִּבְקְךָ	דִּבְקֵךְ	דִּבְקְכֶם	דִּבְקְכֶן
	construct	דֶּבֶק־	third	דִּבְקוֹ	דִּבְקָהּ	דִּבְקָם	דִּבְקָן
plural	indefinite	דְּבָקִים	first	דבקיי / דְּבָקַי		דְּבָקֵינוּ
	definite	הַדְּבָקִים	second	דְּבָקֶיךָ	דבקייך / דְּבָקַיִךְ	דִּבְקֵיכֶם	דִּבְקֵיכֶן
	construct	דִּבְקֵי־	third	דְּבָקָיו	דְּבָקֶיהָ	דִּבְקֵיהֶם	דִּבְקֵיהֶן

Derived terms

• דֶּבֶק מַגָּע (dévek magá)

Verb

דָּבַק • (davák) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִדְבַּק)

1. to cling, stick, adhere, attach
   • Tanach, Genesis 2:24, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     עַל־כֵּן יַעֲזָב־אִישׁ אֶת־אָבִיו וְאֶת־אִמּוֹ וְדָבַק בְּאִשְׁתּוֹ וְהָיוּ לְבָשָׂר אֶחָד׃

     'al-kén ya'azov-'ísh 'et-'avív v'et-'imó v'davák b'ishtó v'hayú l'vasár 'ekhád.
     ʿal-kēn yaʿăzoḇ-ʾīš ʾeṯ-ʾāḇīw wəʾeṯ-ʾimmō wəḏāḇaq bəʾištō wəhāyū ləḇāśār ʾeḥāḏ.

     Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.

2. to be attached to

Conjugation

Conjugation of דָּבַק (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לדבוק / לִדְבֹּק
		action noun		—
		passive participle		דָּבוּק
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	דָּבַקְתִּי		דָּבַקְנוּ
	second	דָּבַקְתָּ	דָּבַקְתְּ	דְּבַקְתֶּם1	דְּבַקְתֶּן1
	third	דָּבַק	דָּבְקָה	דָּבְקוּ
present		דּוֹבֵק	דּוֹבֶקֶת	דּוֹבְקִים	דּוֹבְקוֹת
future	first	אֶדְבַּק		נִדְבַּק
	second	תִּדְבַּק	תִּדְבְּקִי	תִּדְבְּקוּ	תִּדְבַּקְנָה2
	third	יִדְבַּק	תִּדְבַּק	יִדְבְּקוּ	תִּדְבַּקְנָה2
imperative	positive	דְּבַק	דִּבְקִי	דִּבְקוּ	דְּבַקְנָה2
	negative	אַל + Second person future tense

¹ Pronounced דָּבַקְתֶּם and דָּבַקְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

• H1692 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “דבק” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• "דבק" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• “tobacco”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• בדק