H1695 H1695
clinging, cleaving—adhering closely to someone or something
This adjective describes something or someone that clings or cleaves closely. Deuteronomy 4:4 speaks of Israel 'the ones clinging to' (ha-deveqim be-) Yahweh, all alive. 2 Chronicles 3:12 describes a cherub's wing 'joining' (deveqah le-) another wing in the temple. Proverbs 18:24 speaks of a friend who 'sticks closer' (ohev daveq) than a brother. The word derives from davaq ('to cling, cleave, join') and emphasizes intimate, persistent attachment—whether covenantal (to God), structural (wings touching), or relational (loyal friendship).
Senses
1. sense 1 — Adjective or participle meaning clinging, cleaving, or adhering closely. Deuteronomy 4:4 uses the plural participle 'the ones clinging' (ha-deveqim) with be- preposition: those holding fast to Yahweh. 2 Chronicles 3:12 uses the feminine singular 'joining' (deveqah) with le- preposition: the cherub wing adhering to another wing. Proverbs 18:24 uses the masculine singular 'sticking closer' (daveq): a loyal friend. Cross-linguistic glosses: English 'the ones clinging/joining/sticking closer,' Spanish 'los que os aferrasteis/unida/más unido,' French and German use brackets or 'clinging.' The root conveys close, persistent attachment across covenantal, architectural, and relational contexts. 3×
AR["ألْصَقُ", "الْمُلْتَصِقُونَ", "مُلتَصِقٌ"]·ben["যারা-আঁকড়ে-ধরেছিলে", "লাগা", "লেগে-থাকে"]·DE["[דבק]", "[דבקה]", "der-die-clinging"]·EN["joining", "sticking-closer", "the-ones-clinging"]·FR["[דבקה]", "le-ones-clinging", "דבק"]·heb["דבק", "דבקה", "ה-דבקים"]·HI["-जो-चिपके-रहे", "चिपकता", "जुड़ा"]·ID["melekat", "yang-berpegang-teguh", "yang-lebih-dekat"]·IT["[דבקה]", "il-quelli-clinging", "sticking-closer"]·jav["ingkang-rumaket", "kang-rumaket", "nyambung"]·KO["가까운", "붙어-있는", "붙어-있는-자들이다"]·PT["apegado", "os-que-aderem", "unida"]·RU["-прилепившиеся", "прилегающее", "прилепляющийся"]·ES["los-que-os-aferrasteis", "más-unido", "unida"]·SW["anayeshikamana", "likiungana", "mlioshikamana"]·TR["birleşen", "yapışanlar-", "yapışık"]·urd["-لگے-ہوئے", "جڑا-ہوا", "چپکنے-والا"]
Related Senses
H5971a 1. people, nation (1836×)H5973a 1. accompaniment, together with (956×)H0854 1. with (accompaniment) (665×)H1471a 1. nations, peoples (plural/collective) (466×)G3326 1. with (368×)H1285 1. covenant, pact, treaty (284×)G2453 1. Jewish person, Jew (194×)H4150 1. meeting (tent of meeting) (151×)G2992 1. people/nation (an ethnic or political community) (142×)G4862 1. (129×)G1484 1. Gentiles, non-Jewish nations (128×)H1471a 2. nation, people-group (singular) (98×)H3162b 1. together (97×)H1616 1. sojourner, resident alien (92×)H0567 1. Amorite (people group) (87×)H3064 1. Jew, Jewish person (81×)H3669a 1. Canaanite (ethnic designation) (70×)G1122 1. scribe / expert in the Law (63×)H2114a 1. stranger, foreigner (person) (54×)H5608b 1. scribe, royal secretary (48×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† דָּבֵק 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.