דָּבַקdavaq meaning in Biblical Hebrew
to stick, to cling · verb (qal)
Also spelled in English: davak, dabaq
Orpah kisses her mother-in-law goodbye on the road. Ruth grabs hold and won't be peeled off, and Hebrew gives that grip a single verb.
וַתִּשֶּׂאנָה קוֹלָן וַתִּבְכֶּינָה עוֹד וַתִּשַּׁק עָרְפָּה לַחֲמוֹתָהּ וְרוּת דָּבְקָה בָּהּ׃
“They lifted up their voices and wept again, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. (Ruth 1:14)”
Who is the person you would stick to, davaq, the way Ruth stuck to Naomi?