דָּבֵק, דָּבַק (b. h.) to cleave, adhere, stick. B. Bath. 91ᵇ, v. infra.—Yalk. Gen. 133 דבקו כל החיל וכ׳ the whole army was close to the fortress.—Ib. Deut. 824 ד׳ לסדומיים he joined the Sodomites.—2) to join, glue, affix. Y. Meg. I, 71ᵈ top דּוֹבְקִין בְּדֶבֶק the parchment is joined with glue.—Part. pass. דָּבוּק, f. דְּבוּקָה attached, close, cleaving. Sot. 42ᵇ (ref. to Ruth I, 14) בני הדבוקה the descendants of her who was attached (to Naomi). Gen. R. s. 20 דְּבוּקִין לעור close to the skin. Snh. 64ᵃ (ref. to Deut. IV, 4) like two dates הדְּבוּקִים וכ׳ which stick to one another (easily separated); ib. דבוקים ממש really glued (inseparable); Yalk. Deut. 824 כשתי … הדְּבוּקוֹת; a. fr.
Nif. - נִדְבַּק to be joined, attached, affixed. Keth. 111ᵇ; Yalk. l. c. is it possible for man לִידָּבֵק וכ׳ to be joined to the Divine Majesty? Ib. כאילו נ׳ כשכינה (Keth. l. c. מִדַּבֵּק) as though he were joined. B. Bath. 91ᵇ ששבה ונִדְבְּקָה וכ׳ (Ms. H. ודָבְקָה) (Ruth) who came back and remained attached to Bethlehem (v. supra); a. fr.
Pi. - דִּבֵּק, דִּיבֵּק 1) to glue. R. Hash. III, 6 (27ᵃ; 27ᵇ). —2) to invite one to join in travel. Gen. R. s. 29 ראה אחד ודִיבְּקוֹ he saw a person and made him go with him.—Part. pass. מְדוּבָּק Yalk. Deut. l. c. שמְדוּבָּקִים לחייו וכ׳ who cling to the Life of the World (the Lord).
Hif. - הִדְבִּיק to paste, fasten. Pes. 37ᵃ הרתיח ולבסוף ה׳ he heated the pot and then pasted the dough to its wall. Ib. 37ᵇ
Hithpa. - הִתְדַּבֵּק, הִדַּבֵּק to be joined. Gen. R. s. 59 אין ארור מִתְדַּבֵּק בברוך (Yalk. Hos. 528 מִדַּבֵּק) the cursed (Eliezer) shall not be joined (through marriage) to the blessed (Isaac). Keth. l. c., v. Nif.—Yalk. Deut. l. c. מִדַּבֶּקֶת; a. fr. [Sabb. 113ᵇ [read:] לִידַּבֵּק עם הנשים or לדבר, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note.]