To catch up with him
He reached him. He reached him. In the question: He bridged the gap between them (the word "hadabik" means "he reached").
("And he took his brother with him, and pursued him a seven-day journey, and overtook him in the mountains of Gilead" - originally not 23, and now: "I tried to overtake her steps/ Her shoulder turned back to my shoulder as if it had touched her a little" - Ehud Manor/ Until the end of summer)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִדְבִּיק אוֹתוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
הִשִּׂיג אוֹתוֹ. הִגִּיעַ אֵלָיו. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הִשְׁלִים אֶת הַפַּעַר בֵּינֵיהֶם (הַדָּבִיק מַשְׁמָע הִשִּׂיג).
("וַיִּקַּח אֶת אֶחָיו עִמּוֹ וַיִּרְדֹּף אַחֲרָיו דֶּרֶךְ שִׁבְעַת יָמִים וַיַּדְבֵּק אֹתוֹ בְּהַר הַגִּלְעָד"- בְּרֵאשִׁית לֹא כג, וְכֵן:"נִסִּיתִי לְהַדְבִּיק אֶת צְעָדֶיהָ/ כְּתֵפָהּ שׁוּב בִּכְתֵפִי כִּמְעַט נוֹגַעַת"- אֵהוּד מָנוֹר/ עַד סוֹף הַקַּיִץ)