'Cleaves' in the Bible
And Hamor spoke to them, saying, My son Shechem's soul cleaves to your daughter: I pray you, give her to him as wife.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd,And my tongue cleaves to my jaws;And You lay me in the dust of death.
“A wicked thing is poured out upon him and holds him;And when he lies down, he will not rise up again.”
For our soul has sunk down into the dust;Our body cleaves to the earth.
Because of the sound of my groaning [in suffering and trouble]My bones cling to my flesh.
Daleth.My soul cleaves to the dust;Revive me according to Your word.
The nursing child's tongue cleaves to its palate from thirst. Young children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.