דָּבֵק

«דָּבֵק» in the Tanakh dictionary: clinging — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 3 times · Key: 1695 · BDB: דָּבֵק

Glosses

[was].touching (1); clinging (1); were].clinging (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

clinging tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. clinging, cleaving tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. clinging, cleaving (to), דּ׳ abs. וְיֵשׁ אֹהֵב דָּבֵק מֵאָח Pr 18:24; דְּבֵקָה לְ 2 Ch 3:12 (of cherub’s wing); of cleaving to הַדְּבֵקִים בְּ י׳ Dt 4:4.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «דָּבֵק» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 18:24

אִ֣ישׁ רֵ֭עִים לְהִתְרֹעֵ֑עַ וְיֵ֥שׁ אֹ֝הֵ֗ב דָּבֵ֥ק מֵאָֽח׃

Word for word: a.person of.companions [is].to be.broken and there.[is] [one.who].loves clinging more than.a.brother

JPS 1917: There are friends that one hath to his own hurt; but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Deuteronomy 4:4

וְאַתֶּם֙ הַדְּבֵקִ֔ים בַּיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם חַיִּ֥ים כֻּלְּכֶ֖ם הַיּֽוֹם׃

Word for word: and you [who were].clinging on Yahweh God your [are].alive of.you all this day

JPS 1917: But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.

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