To love wholeheartedly/ to be deeply attached to
To fall in love; to feel desire for something; to cling to it—his soul as if became attached or bonded to the beloved thing.
("And his soul clung to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the maiden and spoke to the heart of the maiden" (Genesis 34). And likewise: "And the shame clung to them as if heavier still" (Shmuel Hanagid, Sending Jonah). And likewise: "And his friend will restore him, whose soul clung in love to the exalted youth" (Shai Agnon, The Bald Soprano, The Vow). And likewise: "These are the disciples of the sages who engage in Torah..., and they are pious ones who cling their souls to the Shekhinah" (Chaim Sabato, Truth Shall Spring from the Earth, Chemed, 42).
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
דָּבְקָה נַפְשׁוֹ, דָּבַק ב...
Definition (Hebrew)
הִתְאַהֵב . חֵשֶׁק ב..., נִצְמַד ל..., נַפְשׁוֹ כְּמוֹ הִתְחַבְּרָה אוֹ נִדְבְּקָה לַדָּבָר הַנֶּאֱהָב.
("וַתִּדְבַּק נַפְשׁוֹ בְּדִינָה בַּת יַעֲקֹב וַיֶּאֱהַב אֶת הַנַּעֲרָ וַיְדַבֵּר עַל לֵב הַנַּעֲרָ"- בְּרֵאשִׁית לֵד ג, וְכֵן:"וְהַבֹּשֶׁת/ דָּבְקָה בָּם/ כְּמוֹ כָּבֵד/ לְיוֹתֶרֶת"- שְׁמוּאֵל הַנָּגִיד/ שָׁלַח יוֹנָה, וְכֵן:"וִישִׁיבֵהוּ חֲבֵרוֹ אֲשֶׁר דָּבְקָה נַפְשׁוֹ לְאַהֲבָה אֶת הָעֶלֶם הָעִלּוּי"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ סִפּוּרֵי הַבֵּעשְׁ"ט, הַנֵּדֶר, וְכֵן:"אֵלּוּ תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים שֶׁעוֹסְקִים בַּתּוֹרָה..., וְהֵם חֲסִידִים שֶׁמְּדַבְּקִים נַפְשָׁם בִּשְׁכִינָה"- חַיִּים סָבָתוֹ/ אֱמֶת מֵאֶרֶץ תִּצְמַח, חֶמֶד, 42)