דביק
“דביק” (давик) — sticky in Hebrew. Adjective, level B1. Sticky, like honey on the fingers. From it comes devek — the glue: what makes sticky. In a live sentence: “השולחן דביק אחרי הדבש.” — The table is sticky after the honey. Written with the characters ד, ב, י, ק. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | דביק |
| Read in Latin letters | давик |
| Translation | sticky |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Sticky, like honey on the fingers. From it comes devek — the glue: what makes sticky
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- השולחן דביק אחרי הדבש.ха-шульхан давик ахарей ха-деваш.The table is sticky after the honey.
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “sticky” in Hebrew?
«דביק», read “давик”. In a live sentence: “השולחן דביק אחרי הדבש.” — The table is sticky after the honey. Adjective, level B1; written with the characters ד, ב, י, ק.
How is “דביק” written in Latin letters?
давик. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Sticky, like honey on the fingers. From it comes devek — the glue: what makes sticky. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.