דְּבַק dᵉbaq — to stick to
Translated in the KJV as cleave.
(Aramaic) corresponding to H1692; to stick to.
dᵉbaq in each stem
Pe'al
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
דָּבְקִ֖ין Dan 2:43 Participle (active), masculine plural
And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›